Kelley Student Government will be selling discounted tickets to the annual "Christmas at the Zoo" celebration at the Indianapolis Zoo.

For just $3 (cash only), the tickets will include admission to the zoo and adjoining White River Gardens and one train ticket ride to enjoy all the holiday decorations throughout the zoo grounds.

Tickets will be limited and are expected to sell quickly. Sales will occur on Nov. 18-19 on the 2nd floor of the business building.

Note: Kelley Student Government will go as a group on Dec. 4, but the tickets will be valid from Dec. 4-24.

**There is no religious affiliation with this event. "Christmas at the Zoo" is title given by the Indianapolis Zoo.

Do You Want to be a Student Leader?

KSBISG has open office positions for the Spring 2010 semester. Still vacant positions include treasurer, senator and sophomore delegate. Applications are available in front of BS 3024. For more information, contact Jessica Martin, jm96@iupui.edu, or Jaime Cloughe, jcloughe@iupui.edu.

This event, for Kelley undergrads only, is an opportunity to interact with 12 employers in less than 2 hours. The list of attending employers is located on KelleyCareers.

Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room

Wednesday, November 18^th

10am 12pm

RSVP: KelleyCareers

Resume Rescue Week

Resume writing workshops will be conducted and time slots during walk-in hours will be dedicated to resume questions. If you are a December grad, this is a great time to polish your resume!

Resume Writing Workshops

Attendance is only necessary at one of the workshops.

BS 4032D

Monday & Tuesday, December 7^th & 8^th

4pm 5pm

RSVP: KelleyCareers or call 317-278-0506

Resume Walk-ins

No appointment necessary!

BS 4090 (Career Planning Office)

Monday, Dec. 7th Friday, Dec. 11^th

9-10am and 2-3pm

On-Campus Interviews in the CPO

Tuesday, November 17^th - Clifton Gunderson

Tuesday, November 17^th Northwestern Mutual

Wednesday, December 2^nd Allison Transmission

To apply for these and other positions, go to KelleyCareers.

Both full- and part-time faculty are eligible to be honored with the Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award. The award recognizes the former dean of KSBI, who served from 1971-1982, when enrollments in the business school increased by 90 percent.

For more information, please visit http://kelley.iupui.edu/undergrad/file/otteson_award_nomination_form.pdf  Nomination forms also are available in front of BS 3024.

Kelley Student Government will be selling discounted tickets to the annual "Christmas at the Zoo" celebration at the Indianapolis Zoo.

For just $3 (cash only), the tickets will include admission to the zoo and adjoining White River Gardens and one train ticket ride to enjoy all the holiday decorations throughout the zoo grounds.

Tickets will be limited and are expected to sell quickly. Sales will occur on Nov. 18-19 on the 2nd floor of the businessbuilding.

Note: Kelley Student Government will go as a group on Dec. 4, but the tickets will be valid from Dec. 4-24.

**There is no religious affiliation with this event. "Christmas at the Zoo" is title given by the Indianapolis Zoo.

Do You Want to be a Student Leader?

KSBISG has open office positions for the Spring 2010 semester. Still vacant positions include treasurer, senator and sophomore delegate. Applications are available in front of BS 3024. For more information, contact Jessica Martin, jm96@iupui.edu, or Jaime Cloughe, jcloughe@iupui.edu.

Do you want to be a part of the growing tradition of studying abroad with the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis? Your chances just improved as the deadline to apply for the Summer 2010 trip has been extended. Interested students must take BUS D301 (International Business) and POLS Y350 (Politics of the European Union) to attend.  More than a dozen undergraduate students traveled to Strasbourg, France, last May and returned with tales of wonderful educational and cultural experiences.

If you're interested in learning more, two informational sessions are planned for next month.  The first will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 in BS 3019.  The second will be held at noon on Dec. 10, also in BS 3019. The final deadline to apply is now Dec. 18.

Contact Jaime Clougher, jcloughe@iupui.edu, if you are interested.

2)      Have you registered for Spring classes? Priority registration was Oct. 26^th through Nov. 6^th. Please meet with your advisor ASAP if you have not registered. Make an appointment by calling 317.274.2147 or stop by our office in BS 3024.

Students need to RSVP through KelleyCareersOnline.com or by calling Christina Terkhorn at 317.278.0506.

The Evening MBA Program at Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis will hold MBA Info/GMAT practice session on Saturday, January 23rd at the Business/SPEA building on the IUPUI campus, 801 West Michigan Street.

View the KelleyGrad site for more details.

Criteria
Two undergraduate students will be selected to receive the $2,500 scholarship. Recipients must be admitted to the Kelley School of Business, on either the Bloomington or Indianapolis campus. Eligible majors include Finance-Real Estate, Finance, Management, and Entrepreneurship (major must be formally declared through an academic advisor at the time of application). Selection of recipients will be based on GPA, professional goals, work ethic, presentation of the individual on the application and resume, volunteerism, and activities. Financial need may or may not be considered.

Timeline
The application will be made available on December 1, 2009 and all application materials are due by 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2010. Finalists applications will be sent in February to representatives of the Gene B. Glick Foundation, who will make their recommendations in the spring. Recipients will be notified by mail in April. Scholarship funds will be credited to the recipients Bursar accounts for the 2010-11 academic year.

Submission
Your application for the Gene B. Glick Scholarship and resume must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on January 31. The application will become available on December 1, 2009 at kelley.iu.edu/scholarship. Questions should be directed to buscholr@indiana.edu.

A new world needs new ideas.
A new world needs new leaders.

A Kelley MBA provides the tools you need to lead in an era of innovation. Our nationally-renowned MBA programs include full-time, part-time and online options. Earn a Kelley MBA and secure your future as an innovation leader.

Indiana University Kelley School of Business invites you to an Open House near you to learn more about our graduate programs, get information about the application processes, and ask faculty chairs, program directors, and academic advisors your questions. View the KelleyGrad site for more details. Don't forget to register for GMAT practice sessions while on the site!

Upcoming Open House Event:
Nov. 10th, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Campus Center, Room 409
420 University Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN

Kelley Student Government would like to wish Shannon Adams, Ayesha Arif, David Lane and Lucas Wolf the best of luck as they travel to Purdue University next weekend to compete in the 2009 Kelley-Krannert competition!!!

Not only do these individuals excel in the classroom, they are student leaders within Kelley Student Government and other organizations on campus!

Good Luck Kelley Indianapolis!!! 

Kelley School Goes to the Zoo

Kelley Student Government is going to Christmas at the Zoo on Friday, Dec. 4th.

Tickets are $3 and we will be selling them Wednesday, November 18th and Thursday, November 19th from 10:30am until 5:45pm in the Orange Space on the 2^nd floor.

Our $3 special includes admission to the Zoo, White River Gardens and a train ticket, all of which are beautifully decorated for the Holidays!  Cash only!

Quantities are limited and there is no limit on how many you may purchase!  Tickets will be sold on a first come first serve basis until we sell out.

*Please note these tickets are valid Dec. 4^th 24^th but Kelley Student Government is going as a group on Dec. 4^th

**Please note that there is no religious affiliation with this event. Christmas at the Zoo is the Indianapolis Zoos name for this event.

Questions? Contact Jessica Martin, jm96@iupui.edu

Get Involved With Kelley Student Government

Some elected positions may be available for the Spring but you can get involved now!Please contact Vice Chair, Jessica Martin, jm96@iupui.eduy if you are interested!

 Nominate Your Business Professor Today

Does your business professor come to class excited to teach? Does your professor encourage you to learn outside of the classroom? Does your professor want you to succeed? If so, nominate them for the Schuyler F. Otteson Teaching Award!

Please print off a nomination form, fill it out and return to Laura Owens in BS 3024.

Nomination Form: http://kelley.iupui.edu/undergrad/file/otteson_award_nomination_form.pdf

Questions? Jessica Martin, jm96@iupui.edu

The cost of this event is $20 for adults and $13 for children ages 3 to 12 (children under age 3 are free). This price includes your admission ticket, an Italian buffet from 6:30 to 8 p.m., drinks, and dessert.

Please visit our online registration available through www.alumni.iupui.edu under Upcoming Alumni Events. If you have any questions, please contact Yvonne Owens at 317.274.5063.

Registration deadline: Dec. 4

Note: If you have attended in the past and received our annual Holiday Night mailer; we want you to know we are using e-mail instead to get the word out and tell people to register on the Web. We would be grateful if you could help us promote this always enjoyable evening for our IUPUI family.

The scholarships will be awarded for the 2009-2010 year, and the application deadline is now set for Nov. 6. The awards will be presented on Dec. 11, 2009.

To qualify, students must:

• Be enrolled as a full-time student
• Hold a minimum 3.0 GPA or better
• Demonstrate leadership in their academic and extracurricular activities

The application packet must include a completed scholarship application, a copy of your college transcript and a letter of recommendation. Once completed, the packet should be submitted to the Director of Career Development at  the Financial Planning Association of Greater Indiana, 1040 E. 86th St., Suite 44H, Indianapolis, IN 46240.

In honor of Veterans Day activities, the event will raise money and take donations for care packages to be sent overseas before the holiday season. The care packages will serve as a message of suppoort for troops in combat zones across the world.

The outdoor event also will feature live music, hot chocolate and donuts and games and prizes.

Veterans@IUPUI will have a callout meeting at 3 p.m. on Nov. 9 in CE309. The callout meeting will focus on organizing student veterans, discussing student veterans needs and promoting this years Veterans Day activities. Veterans@IUPUI is co-sponsoring this years Veterans Day activities. Veterans@IUPUI, the largest student veterans group in Indiana, hopes to improve peer services for student veterans this year. Fore more information contact President Russell silver at svets@iupui.edu.

Link: http://www.veteransatiupui.org

The IU Kelley School of Business recently earned two of the top three honors in the annual Student Case Study Competition hosted by the Indiana CPA Society.

The Kelley team from the Indianapolis campus placed first in the 2009 competition with the Kelley team from Bloomington taking third place. Second place went to the University of Southern Indiana. The Kelley School of Business operates as one school on two campuses.

These results are a testament to the level of talent in the accounting programs at the Kelley School of Business. Our students at both campuses are among the best in the state and continue to prove that each year in this competition, said Associate Dean Phil Cochran.

Members of the Kelley Indianapolis student team, which won the competition for the first time this year, included Chad Beauchamp, JP Felter, David Lane and Molly Utterback. The Bloomington team consisted of Annie Feeks, Mary Koser, Sam Mynsberge and James Seever.

The first-place results reflect the high quality of the accounting programs at the Kelley School, said John Hassell, a Kelley School faculty member and co-sponsor of the winning student team.

This shows the caliber of the students and how their work experience and intern experience was synthesized to reach real-world solutions in a real-world situation, which is not always easy to do, faculty member and co-sponsor Eric Johnson said.

Beauchamp and Utterback competed last year, which the sponsors said helped the team work cohesively and prepare effectively for this competition.

They truly functioned as a team and supported one another, which is exactly how we would want a team to function, Johnson said.

Beauchamp agreed, saying he wanted the new members of the team to be able to experience the dinner and presentation process. Sure, it is nice to have won the competition, but the rewards for competing in the first placeteamwork, coaching, coping with pressurefar exceeded the win.

The 14 teams competing were given the task of analyzing an Indiana-based CPA firm with three offices and determining the best methods for the firm to weather an economic slowdown. The teams first put together a written report, from which six finalists were chosen to present an oral report on the case.

The teams were given 10 days to complete their case study, and the top six teams were given one week to prepare oral presentations, culminating on Oct. 16 when the winners were announced at the annual INCPAS CPA Celebration. All of the top six finalists received monetary prizes, with the Indianapolis team taking the $1,000 first-place award.

Kelley Indianapolis placed second in the 2008 case study competition. Kelley Bloomington took first place in the 2002 competition.

The annual competition is designed to give Indiana college students the kind of practical experience they might use as a CPA in todays business world. All Indiana colleges and universities with accounting departments are invited to compete each fall.

How many of you dream of starting your own business? Becoming an entrepreneur? Fern Bingham Cox answered that question in the fall of 1986 by starting Bodacious Boxers in her garage. Successfully completing the honors Experiential Program Preparing School Principals at Butler University, she couldnt land a principals job, so she decided to get into the mens boxer shorts business. She took a crash course in screen printing, purchased photography and printing equipment, and began the operation.

She will discuss essential entrepreneurial traits in creating, developing, and operating a successful business in corporate America.

Friday, November 13, 2009
8:30am - 11:30am
IUPUI Library Auditorium

Presenter:
Fern Bingham Cox
Adjunct Faculty, Kelley School of Business

Register today!
Limited Seating.
Register online at indychamber.com
or call 317.464.2200

]]> http://kelley.iupui.edu/ea/newsRoom/news.cfm?storyID=456 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST A twist on speed dating and speed networking, this is a rapid-fire event where you'll meet with each employer for 5-7 minutes until the bell rings and the next student takes a seat. An opportunity to meet 20 employers in less than 2 hours in a fast and fun environment. Only 20 companies attend with only 1 representative from each company.

NOTE: 20 students are allowed to attend this event. If you are the 21st-25th person to RSVP, you are signed up as an alternate. This event is for Kelley undergraduates only. You can register at kelleycareersonline.com.

Feb. 10, 2010
2pm to 4pm at the Campus Center in the multipurpose room

317.278.0506
Christina Terkhorn

The Healthcare Town Hall will be an opportunity to get your questions answered by some of the most educated professors the campus has to offer in the fields relevant to the discussion. The panel also will include others actively involved and affected by these proposed changes.

The forum will include individual presentations as well as a Q&A session with the audience.

The event is planned for 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 409 of the Campus Center. Lunch will be provided.  Please send other questions to dplaza@iupui.edu.

Students can watch the Indiana Pacers battle the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Bloomington for only $10 a ticket.

This offer is open to any IUPUI student. The 2099 College Tour game will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington.

The Pacers last played in Bloomington in a 1972 playoff game while team was still part of the now defunct ABA. The game also serves as former IUPUI star George Hills Homecoming, so come out and show him the same support you did when he played in the Jungle.

As a student, you are able take advantage of this $10 ticket opportunity, normally a $55 value. You must click on the link below and enter that savings code to purchase tickets. You may forward this offer to other students as well.

www.cfhgroups.com/iubloomington

Password: IUPACER

If you have additional questions, please call 317-917-2738 or email at intern-group@pacers.com.

A Kelley MBA provides the tools you need to lead in an era of innovation. Our nationally-renowned MBA programs include full-time, part-time and online options. Earn a Kelley MBA and secure your future as an innovation leader.

Indiana University Kelley School of Business invites you to an Open House near you to learn more about our graduate programs, get information about the application processes, and ask faculty chairs, program directors, and academic advisors your questions. View the KelleyGrad site for more details. Don't forget to register for GMAT practice sessions while on the site!

Upcoming Open House Event:
Nov. 4th, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Ritz Charles
12156 N Meridian Street
Carmel, IN

The Kelley School of Business Career Planning Office is planning a Speed Networking Event.

You will have the opportunity to meet with and learn about 15 employers in less than 2 hours in a fast and fun environment. Get your resumes ready!

** This event is for Kelley undergraduates only.

RSVP online at KelleyCareersOnline.com.

November 18, 2009
10am to noon
Campus Center
Multi-Purpose Room
420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Contact:
Christina Terkhorn
317.278.0506

With 52 percent of ALPFAs 11,000 members comprised of students, ALPFA is committed to providing greater access to scholarship dollars in addition to programs and opportunities that will help students transfer from the academic world into the corporate sector. The partnership with HSF and ALPFA will aim to distribute $130,000 in scholarship dollars in 2010 and bring the top scholarship recipients to the ALPFA Annual Convention where they have the opportunity to participate in events with PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte in addition to having access to professionals and executives.

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education, and ALPFA is the largest Latino professional association with over 37 years of creating opportunities for Latinos. Our combined experience and resources will only enhance and strengthen our efforts and further both our missions, commented Manny Espinoza, ALPFA CEO.

ALPFA is awarding free student memberships to students that apply through the HSF/ALPFA Scholarship Program beginning October 1, 2009. When asked why, Geraldine Contreras, Director of Student Affairs explained, Many students do not realize the benefit of getting involved with professional organizations before they graduate. At ALPFA, we have programs that get students in front of potential mentors, recruiters and role models. It can make a huge impact on their future, and we want to ensure every student applying for a scholarship has that opportunity.

Students can apply for the HSF/ALPFA Scholarship Program by visiting www.hsf.net or www.alpfa.org

For more information, contact Geraldine Contreras (ALPFA National Director of Student Affairs) at geraldine.contreras@national.alpfa.org.

The Hazelett Forum was made possible by a generous gift from Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, who wanted to honor Susie Hazeletts outstanding work for the Tobias Family Foundation, the community of Indianapolis, the State of Indiana, and for the women in these communities. By establishing this Forum within the Tobias Center, it is his hope the Forum will present at least one program each year focusing on the issues of leadership in gender, family, and work/life balance. The Hazelett Women in Leadership Forum serves various constituencies of the university, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and interested persons in the community, by providing a forum for knowledgeable and creative speakers to celebrate the achievements of women leaders in various walks of life and to elevate public discussions and university scholarship on women in leadership roles.

Patricia Miller and Co-founder Barbara Baekgaard founded Vera Bradley Designs in 1982, which quickly grew into an internationally recognized brand. Vera Bradley designs and manufacturers cotton quilted handbags, travel bags and accessories, and the Vera Bradley brand has recently expanded to include eyewear, tableware, rolling luggage, home furnishings, stationery and mens ties.

October 27, 2009
CE Campus Center
Room: Room 450C
420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Registration
tobiascenter.iu.edu

EMPLOYERS! Opportunities for recognition, acknowledgment, and sponsorship are available for the career fairs, and networking events, and panels. Please click HERE for more information.

Browse through IUPUIs Fall Career Week Guide HERE or visit the links below.

At the meetings we will discuss the following:

• Benefits of Study Abroad Experience
• Cost of the trip including available scholarships and financial aid
• Course Work & Trip Itinerary
• Application Process & Deadline
• Question & Answer Session

For more information:
Jamie Clougher
274.0877

1) 5-Minute Advising Hours Cancelled Soon! Have a quick question for a Kelley advisor? Stop by soon! There will not be 5-Minute advising October 19th November 6th. Check out our hours.

2) Are you ready to Register for Spring 2010 classes? If not, make sure to meet with your Kelley Academic Advisor soon. Make an appointment by calling 317.274.2147 or stop by our office in BS 3024. Priority registration begins October 26th!

3) Class Withdrawal Deadline! October 20th is the last day you can drop a class with an automatic grade of W. An advisor signature is required! registrar.iupui.edu

4) Study Abroad in France! The Kelley School of Business will be going to Strasbourg in Summer I 2010. Take BUS D301 (International Business) and POLS Y350 (Politics of the European Union) fulfills International Dimension! Want to learn more about how YOU can participate in this amazing experience? Attend an information session: ; Monday, October 19th, Noon 1 pm, BS 4032D; and Tuesday, October 20th, 4:30 5:30 pm, BS 4032D. Application Deadline is November 1st: registration. Contact Jaime Clougher for more details!

5) Graduating in May 2010? Make sure you apply for graduation by submitting your intent to graduate form by November 1, 2009. Graduation Application

Mock Interviews: practice interviewing with a recruiter from Huntington Bank for 20 minutes and get 10 minutes of feedback
Tues., Oct. 20, various times
Career Planning Office, BS 4090
Sign up at KelleyCareers.

Days of Our Interns: listen to Kelley students of all majors discuss their internships in a variety of industries.
Wed, Oct 21, 12pm 1pm
BS 4032D
RSVP at KelleyCareers

The Society for Marketing Professional Services Indiana Chapter or SMPS Indiana will be awarding one $1000 and one $500 scholarship to a junior or senior majoring in marketing, management, public relations, or communications. The SMPS scholarship was established to support students pursuing a career in marketing professional services. Applicants will be judged on the basis of academic achievement, community involvement, letter of recommendation, and career aspirations. Students can pick up and submit their applications to the Kelley Academic Program Office in BS 3024. Only paper copies are available. Deadline for application submission, with all supporting materials, is Friday, October 30th.

Contact:
Maureen Kinney
274.2147

Manjit Trehan, an adjunct faculty member at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, led a crowd of about 60 professionals on Sept. 18 in a discussion of how to best utilize a blog to grow your business. The presentation included tangible steps to maneuver the blogosphere whether the person was a novice or social media expert.

Blogs are about creating a relationship. Its for building a community, said Trehan, a long-time employee of the University Information Technology Services. He also teaches computers and business to undergraduate students at Kelley Indianapolis.

The Main Street Institute is a partnership with the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to provide ongoing educational opportunities for small businesses in the region.

Trehan took time to distinguish between the purposes of a companys website and the blog. While a website includes many bits of useful information, the striking difference rests in the fact that a blog, by design, must include dynamic content.

A blog is not a static page, he said. We want something that is changing on a regular basis. Among the other important attributes of the blog are:

• It is easy to update.
• It encourages repeat visits.
• It builds trusts with users or customers.
• It involves two-way communication to create a community.

From a business perspective, Trehan said blogs either can be used for making money, where the blog itself earns revenue through advertisements, or as a corporate tool to communicate internally or externally or both.

If youre new to blogging, I would first recommend that you go out and subscribe to and read some blogs, Trehan said. You also need to determine your intended audience, whether it is for employees in the company or for anybody who is interested.

Selecting the purpose of the blog is crucial to its success, as is making the commitment to continually update its content, he said.

It is estimated more than 40,000 new blogs appear online each day. Most of those are not successful because the content is too static and does not attract repeat visitors. Trehan suggested scheduling time to write your blog just as if you were scheduling a meeting on your calendar.

Its kind of like starting a business when you start a blog, because you have to put in the same research and commitment that goes into it, Trehan said.

The next edition of the Main Street Institute is slated for Nov. 13 when the topic will be Entrepreneurial Women in Business. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the lower level of the auditorium of the University Library, 755 W. Michigan St. To register, please visit indychamber.com.

Developed in 2005, the 2+2 program is a partnership with Trisakti University in Jakarta, Indonesia. A dozen Indonesian students have participated in the program, which requires them to complete their first two undergraduate years at their home university and then finish the final two years at IUPUI, including coursework with the Kelley School of Business and the Department of Economics at Trisakti.

The benefits to the students are enormous: not only do they complete the program with two undergraduate degrees, but they also absorb American culture and relish in the diversity and opportunities available on the IUPUI campus.

I learned how to deal with different cultures and different people more deeply, because I needed to adapt myself more to where I am, said Edvan Gunawan, who recently graduated.

This enriched my perception of western culture, he added. For example, I admire American people and their patriotism to their country. I tried to see the good culture from the U.S. that I can apply to myself and my country in the future.

The language barrier is a major obstacle to overcome as part of the program. Many of the students had taken English as a second language, but at IUPUI they were required to make entire presentations in English. The embracing culture of the university and Kelley helped them overcome the challenges, some said.

Sabrina Lestari, the first student to participate in the program, referred to her experience as priceless. The experience I got from the program taught me to socialize with international students as well as American students, and the most important thing (it taught me) to be a better and stronger individual, she said.

The benefits have been reciprocated for IUPUI and Kelley Indianapolis. The university serves students from 49 states and 122 countries. In addition, IUPUI supports student exchange agreements with more than 70 countries, comprising more than 30 percent of all the study abroad opportunities offered through Indiana University, according to IUs Office of International Services.

The Kelley School of Business as a whole currently has more than 40 undergraduate students with international backgrounds and nearly 200 minority students. Last week, Associate Dean Phil Cochran and Ken Carow, chair of the undergraduate program, visited China to explore the possibility of expanding the 2+2 program with Sun Yat-sen University, a top 10 Chinese college.

In addition, a group of undergraduate students embarked on the first ever Kelley Indianapolis study abroad trip to Strasbourg, France, and a second visit is planned next year all aimed at bringing international business culture back to IUPUI.

Working with these (2+2) students has been a privilege and an amazing experience for me, said Jane McDonald, assistant director for Student Services for Kelley Indianapolis and a liaison to the 2+2 program.

Its a bittersweet time when graduation rolls around because it means they will be going back home, she added. But, of course, Im so happy to see them meet their goal and graduate with a dual degree from Kelley and Trisakti University.

David Jones, director of the IU Center on Southeast Asia, said the students involved in the program enjoy its structure and benefit from the talented faculty at Kelley.

The 2+2 program represents the best of both worlds, Jones said. Students learn from faculty members, fellow students and business leaders in Indonesia and the U.S. Graduates are almost uniquely well-prepared to assume positions of leadership in international business and related fields.

In addition to the professional development advantages provided by 2+2, Meilla Miranti had additional incentive to succeed when she participated. Her mother is the dean of the economics faculty of Trisakti University in Indonesia and was able watch Miranti graduate from Kelley Indianapolis in the May commencement ceremonies.

Studying at Kelley has given me confidence to see what I have in me, Miranti said. Friends, professors, my advisor all taught me that everyone can be a success if they really want to. I didnt know that I would experience all of these but Im glad I did.

2) Academic Advising for Spring 2010 Registration! Priority registration starts on Monday, October 26th. Schedule an appointment with a Kelley Academic Advisor now! Call 317-274-2147 or stop by our office in BS 3024.

3) Kelley Information Days. Undecided about what to major in Kelley? Come to the Kelley Information days and hear from faculty, academic advisors, and Career Planning Office representatives about all of the Kelley majors & career opportunities! Check out the flyer.

4) Study Abroad in France! The Kelley School of Business will be going to Strasbourg in Summer I 2010. Take BUS D301 (International Business) and POLS Y350 (Politics of the European Union) fulfills International Dimension! Classes will be Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 am - 4:15 pm. Students will be on campus for 3 weeks, France for 10 days, and back on campus for 2 weeks. Application deadline is November 1, 2009.

Contact:
Jaime Clougher

The Evening MBA Program at Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis will hold MBA Info/GMAT practice session on Saturday, September 19th at the Business/SPEA building on the IUPUI campus, 801 West Michigan Street.

View the KelleyGrad site for more details.

• Be enrolled as a full time student at a College or University in Indiana
• Hold a minimum 3.0 GPA or better (based upon a 4.0 scale)
• Demonstrate leadership in their academic and extracurricular activities

The speech, titled Americas Foreign Oil Dependency Crisis, will be streamed live to the auditorium at University Place Conference Center and Hotel on the IUPUI campus to allow interested people in Indianapolis a venue to enjoy the presentation.

The event is free and open to the public, although seating is limited. To pre-register for the Indianapolis viewing, please contact Dave Hosick with Kelley Indianapolis at 317.274.6856. Registration also will take place on site beginning at 9 a.m. at the conference center, at 850 W. Michigan St.

Pickens has made headlines in recent years for his $58 million advertising campaign aimed at making America more energy independent. He has championed the use of wind power and natural gas as alternative energy sources to reduce the amount of oil imported into the country. More information about Pickens plan can be found at Pickens Plan.

Because of his reputation as a hugely successful businessman, Pickens has generated an enormous amount of interest with his grassroots campaign to support energy independence.

In 1956, he founded Mesa Petroleum, an independent oil company, and it went on to become one of the nations largest and best-known independent oil companies. He later became a successful investment fund operator with BP Capital Management, valued at more than $4 billion. Pickens also owns a large stake in the groundwater rights across the United States and is the founder of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a clean energy company advancing the use of natural gas as a fuel alternative.

Pickens speech also will be webcast at broadcast.iu.edu.

• Finance-real estate, finance, management, or entrepreneurship major
• Financial Need may be considered

Application Process:
Submit the Gene B. Glick Scholarship Application (available in December), along with a resume, to the Undergraduate Program. No late applications may be accepted. Application deadline is 5:00 p.m. on January 31.

For more than 20 years, we have offered the GEICO Achievement Award program to college sophomores and juniors majoring in business, computer science, mathematics and related fields.

In 2010, we will present over $75,000 in Achievement Awards to college students across the United States.

Go to Geico Achievement for more information & to download an application.

This program requires that students:

• Are undergraduates attending an accredited four-year college or university
• Possess sophomore or junior status
• Have achieved at least a 3.0 overall GPA
• Are majoring in business, computer science, mathematics or a related program
• Have demonstrated leadership within their campus or community

Additional program details:

• Follow our step-by-step instructions on how to apply.
• All information must be sent in one envelope in order to be considered.
• Application packets must be postmarked by February 20, 2010.
• Recipients of the 2010 GEICO Achievement Award program will be notified by May 31, 2010.
• Download a copy of this year's program flier.

The Kelley School of Business Indianapolis Student Government seeks to add to two freshmen and one sophomore Kelley students to its roster. The students must be admitted to Kelley Indianapolis to apply. These students will represent their class in all student government activities and decisions for the year.

Applications are available in Kelleys Academic Program Office, BS 3024, and are due back no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14. Voting will take place from noon until 1 p.m. on Sept. 16 at the KSBISG Executive Meeting on in the Campus Center Room 307.

Students interested in getting involved and socializing with new and diverse people should contact Jamie Clougher, Angie Meyer or Chad Beauchamp for more information.

Applications due October 30, 2009. Late applications will not be accepted.

For more information contact:
Maureen Kinney
278.5873

Short-sleeved t-shirts are only $5 and long-sleeved are only $10. Get them fast, because at these prices our limited quantity will be gone before you know it! Remember to grab cash before you arrive to make your purchase, as we can only take cash.

A team of volunteers from the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis will join hundreds of other walkers on Oct. 17 during the Light the Night Walk to fund cancer research.

Co-captains of the Kelley Indianapolis team, Maureen Kinney and Laura Owens, have set a goal of 20 walkers raising $2,000. The event will begin at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 at Victory Field.

If youve never participated in this event, its an amazing experience to see all of the participants stroll through White River State Park with their illuminated balloons, Kinney said.

The Light the Night Walk is a fun way to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). Services provided through the donations include lifesaving blood cancer research, financial assistance to cover patient expenses for transportation, medication and testing, free educational materials and events for patients and families and local support services. For additional information, visit Light the Night

Join the KSBI team and invite your friends and family to join too! Its free to sign up, but if you raise $100 you get a t-shirt. Register Now! If you have questions, please contact Kinney or Owens.

LLS is the worlds largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. Its stated mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkins disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life for patients and their families. Since the first funding in 1954, LLS has awarded more than $600 million in research funding.

The business school will serve as an official drop site for donated items to the Dress for Success cause, which provides women with gently used business suits and accessories to enhance their professional appearance during the job-search process.

Of particular need this year are new or gently used classic suits, professional purses in black, brown or navy, and gently used closed-toe pumps or flats in the same colors. The organization also is seeking business-appropriate earrings, necklaces, scarves and broaches.

The group will work with various social service agencies in Indianapolis in distributing the donations to needy women. On the campus of IUPUI, donations can be delivered to Janea Marking 274.7060 in Room 4000B in the business building, 801 W. Michigan St on or before September 11, 2009.

The Back to Business week celebration, set for Sept. 8-11, will consist of several events for returning students, including fun and informal activities as well as networking and professional development events. In addition, Kelley Indianapolis strives to be a good partner in the community, and the school takes great pride in creating events for Kelley students to impact their community. The joint effort with Dress for Success continues that goal.

According to its website, the mission of Dress for Success is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Founded in New York City in 1997, Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help clients find jobs and remain employed. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and can return for a second suit or separates when she finds work.

Each year the organization reaches more than 40,000 women in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Netherlands. All Dress for Success organizations are not-for-profit entities, with Dress for Success Worldwide and its U.S. affiliates having 501(c)(3) charitable status and those outside the U.S. operating as registered charities. Clothing donations and financial contributions made to Dress for Success affiliates within the U.S. are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Dress for Success relies on the financial contributions, in-kind donations and volunteer efforts of individuals and companies around the world who are committed to helping women take charge of their lives. Visit the Support Dress for Success page to learn more.

The Kelley BizBlog is a great place for you and your friends to talk about whats going in life, both on and off campus. The blog gives you the opportunity to talk about issues that affect you and your fellow students, as well as get feedback or answers to questions that are on your mind. College is about more than just reading textbooks, studying or writing research papers. Its also about being part of your college community. Its about immersing yourself in the experience and absorbing the influences of others as you continue on this once-in-a-lifetime journey. Take advantage of the opportunity to get people thinking. Visit the Kelley BizBlog and spark up some conversation.

The Kelley Student Development Team is seeking Kelley students who are interested in helping grow the schools philanthropic initiatives. The team has three primary objectives: members serve as advocates among their peers, provide stewardship to current Kelley donors, and work with the development office to seek corporate and community support for Kelley student needs. Students involved with this organization will have a high profile and will be interacting with some of the communitys top business leaders and philanthropists.

Students, both undergraduate and graduate, with a 3.0 GPA or higher, have excellent written and oral presentation skills, believe in their education and want to share their positive experience, and are extremely dedicated to the school are encouraged to join. Please contact Leslie Kidwell if interested at 278.7437.

Has it been so long since your last interview that you think its OK to wear blue bell bottoms and still make a good impression? Is your resume so outdated that your references are people you havent seen since eighth grade? Are you looking for an internship to get your foot in the door?

If so, you are just one of the many students the Kelley Career Planning Office wants to help. Beginning with a visit to kelley.iupui.edu/cpo site, you will get access to a wealth of information.

Access to events such as the Kelley Job Fair, Business Etiquette Luncheon, Job Search Boot Camp, Speed Interviewing and many others.

• Counseling services, online, by phone or face-to-face. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays. Walk-in hours are 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. daily. You can call 278-0506 to speak with a counselor, make an appointment or ask questions.
• Use OptimalResume to build your resume and cover letter, as well as submit them to our counselors for review.
• Use InterviewStream, along with your webcam, to practice interviewing with your choice of interview questions.
• Use the links on kelley.iupui.edu/cpo and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for daily updates on what is happening in our office, new events and current economic news.
• The Career Planning Office works primarily with companies in the Indianapolis area. We will also show you how to search for positions in worldwide locations.
• Free self-assessments MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory will help you consider what majors and careers you should explore.
• Employers conduct mock interviews to help you get ready for the real thing.
• On-campus recruiting events will help you apply and gain jobs in a comfortable setting.
• The CPO office has multiple interview rooms as well as pamphlets and flyers to help you in your job search.

• Current Kelley Indianapolis undergraduates
• Kelley Indianapolis alumni
• MSA students who have paid the $150 fee

• You can apply for jobs and identify companies and contact information in your areas of interest.
• Upload your resume and cover letter to apply for posted jobs.
• Find out what events are coming up and register online
• Apply for Mock Interviews with local employers which are conducted in our offices.

While the CPO cannot guarantee you will find a job, every career counselor will give you the necessary tools to succeed.

A glance at some upcoming events for students and alumni to attend
visit kelley.iupui.edu/cpo for more information.

IUPUI Student Employment and Experience Fair
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 in the Courtyard in front of Taylor Hall

Accounting Meet the Recruiter
3-6 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the Campus Center

Etiquette Luncheon
11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 at the University Place Conference Center & Hotel

Intern Connections Fall Fair
Noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Campus Center

September 2, 2009
4:00pm - 4:45pm
801 West Michigan Street
BS4095
Indianapolis, IN

For more information contact Angie Meyer at 274-2587.

Blogs and social media continue to revolutionize the way business is done today as more business owners are taking to the Internet to help grow their operation.

Manjit Trehan, an adjunct professor of computers and business at the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, said the buzz about blogs and business comes from the realization that blogs can effectively reach more customers in a cheaper and cutting-edge fashion.

Trehan will bring his knowledge and expertise to the next installment of the Main Street Institute business workshops. His presentation, Blogs and Business, will be held on 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 18 in the University Library.

This will be about understanding the power of blogging, said Trehan, who also works for the University Information and Technology Services for Indiana University.

Im not going to be sending people away with a tutorial on how to blog this will not be a how-to, but they will get numbers and examples and hopefully an awareness of blogging and a real motivation to blog, he added.

The Main Street Institute is an educational partnership between Kelley Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.

What: Blogs and Business, a presentation by Manjit Trehan, adjunct faculty member at the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis

When: Friday, Sept. 18, 8:30 a.m.

Cost: $30 for Chamber members, $40 for non-members. Free to Kelley students, faculty, and staff.

Registration: www.indychamber.com or 464.2200. On-campus contact Dave Hosick at 274.6856.

Pennington brought more than 30 years of experience in successful operations planning to his Aug. 7 presentation for the Main Street Institute, titled Executive Sales and Operations Planning: An Essential Set of Management Tools.

The Main Street Institute is a partnership between Kelley Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to provide continuing education to local businesses through a series of interactive workshops.

Much of Penningtons presentation focused on enacting a workable plan with every arm of a business to achieve set goals. The operations plan should be revisited and examined monthly to adjust to changes in the business climate and supply and demand. In addition, a successful operations plan will give the executive management the necessary tools and data to make informed decisions about the short and long-term future of the business.

You implement a detailed operations plan so you can have a strategy for survival, said Pennington, who teaches operations management at Kelley Indianapolis. You have to know where you are going as a business and where you are going as an individual.

The key to successful operations planning, Pennington said, is reaching a consensus on the short-term, tactical plan of the company. The plan should project two to 18 months out; anything beyond that time frame becomes more of a strategic decision best left to the high-level executives of the company rather than a tactical plan to achieve goals.

When done correctly, however, a well-researched operations plan will be simple to implement. The real challenge rests in changing employee behavior from the top to the bottom to keep the plan relevant.

This is really about changing the way we do our jobs, Pennington said.

When executed properly, the sales and operations planning process links the strategic plans for the business with execution and reviews performance measures for continuous improvement, he added.

Pennington conceded that operations plans are almost always wrong by some amount, either in projections or quotas or some other measurable benchmark. However, the plan should account for the steps needed to achieve continuous improvements in performance in every department of the business. In addition, it will provide for better working relationships with planners and executives involved in the process, he said.

I can assure you as a former president of a $175 million company that this sales and operations planning process allowed me to not get caught up in the details and focus on continued growth, he said.

To view a Powerpoint prepared by Pennington for his discussion, please click here.

In addition to his teaching duties, Pennington serves as president of PCI Associates, a national business consulting firm founded more than 20 years ago.

For more information about the Main Street Institute or other educational opportunities available at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, please visit online at Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations, at 317.274.6856.

Sure, classes are back in session and your nose is back in the books, but take a minute to celebrate a bit with your fellow students at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis. The week of September 8-11, were getting Back to Business with free gifts, free food, and opportunities to network. Check out the schedule of events, grab a friend, and come to the Kelley building.

Calendar of Events
9/8
Be Prepared! (Goodie bag distribution)
2nd floor of the business building from 8am to 10am and again from 4pm to 6pm

Kelley House Celebration
Located at the Campus apartments from 4:30pm to 6:30pm

9/9
Disney Keys
Campus Center from 7am to 4pm

Kelley Awareness Fair
2nd floor of the business building from 10am to 2pm

Dine and Dash
Orange learning space on the 2nd floor of the business building at 7:15pm

9/10
Charge It! (coffee and donuts to start the day off)
Pink learning space on 2nd floor of the business building from 8am to 10am

WMBAA Reception (for female mba students)
University Place Hotel from 4:30pm to 6:00pm

9/11
VIP Student Reception
Campus Center from 5:30pm to 7:30pm

For more information contact:
Janea Marking
317.274.7060

A new world needs new ideas.
A new world needs new leaders.

A Kelley MBA provides the tools you need to lead in an era of innovation. Our nationally-renowned MBA programs include full-time, part-time and online options. Earn a Kelley MBA and secure your future as an innovation leader.

Indiana University Kelley School of Business invites you to an Open House near you to learn more about our graduate programs, get information about the application processes, and ask faculty chairs, program directors, and academic advisors your questions. View the KelleyGrad site for more details. Don't forget to register for GMAT practice sessions while on the site!

Upcoming Open House Events:
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm
IUPUI Campus Center
420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202

$1,500.00 SCHOLARSHIP
Application Due August 14, 2009

Three recipients will be selected from the following universities:
Indiana University
Purdue University
IUPUI
University of Indianapolis
Ball State University

The criteria for selection of scholarship recipients include:

• Cumulative grade point average of a 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
• Current academic status of junior or senior (56 + credit hours)
• Demonstrated interest in the financial aspect of construction or a relationship in construction
• Enrolled on a full-time basis (or making progress toward a degree with graduation within 4 semesters)
• United States citizen and Indiana resident

The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is the voice of financial management in the construction industry and the only non-profit organization dedicated to serving the construction financial professional. Established in 1981, CFMA has more than 6,000 members and 86 chapters in major cities across the U.S. CFMA is the communications leader and premier source of education and information about those aspects of financial management unique to the construction industry. CFMA meets the needs of a broad spectrum of financial managers: CFO's, treasurers, controllers, and accountants. CFMA's General Membership represents all types of contractors, including generals and subcontractors, as well as developers, construction managers, architects, engineers, principals, and material and equipment suppliers. CFMA's Associate Membership is open to those serving the construction industry, such as lawyers, public accountants, bankers, sureties, insurance agents and carriers, material and equipment suppliers and other service providers.

www.cfma-in.org

For more information:
Maureen Kinney, Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program
Academic Programs Office
Kelley School of Business, BS 3024
801 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Detailed Operations Planning Key to Long-Term Success

With competition among businesses at an all-time high, the ability to adjust to changing trends and critically analyze your business processes can help you find long-term viability, according to John Pennington, a sales and operations planning consultant with more than 30 years of experience.

Pennington, also an adjunct faculty member at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, will bring his career expertise to the next edition of the Main Street Institute workshops. His presentation, titled "Executive Sales and Operations Planning: An Essential Set of Management Tools," is planned for 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 7 in the auditorium of the IUPUI University Library , 701 W. Michigan St.

"Sales and operations planning has emerged as a powerful decision-making tool for executives and managers," said Pennington, president of PCI Associates consulting services. "It provides them with a window into the future and has been called 'top management's handle on business.'"

Pennington said he will discuss key elements to implementing an evaluation process into a business as well as real examples of how the process has helped businesses survive and compete.

The Main Street Institute is series of educational workshops aimed at small businesses in the area. It is presented as a partnership between the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.

What: "Executive Sales and Operations Planning: An Essential Set of Management Tools." A Main Street Institute workshop.

When: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7

Where: University Library, 701 W. Michigan St.

Cost: $30 for Chamber members, $40 for non-members

Registration: www.indychamber.com or call 317.464.2200.

This dynamic team of campus leaders will assist new students transition to IUPUI by:

• Making them feel welcome
• Providing information about college life and getting involved
• Informing them about programs and services to help them succeed

Jag Corps student leaders are campus involvement ambassadors. Jag Corps make appearances at most WoW events by assisting with set-up/clean-up, distributing promotional materials, and helping new students get involved on campus.

Eligibility Requirements
All IUPUI students who have spent at least one semester at IUPUI are eligible to apply for a Jag Corps position. Applicants must have at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average, and be in good student standing with the University. Preference will be given to individuals who can work the majority of dates during WOW. Please see attached calendar for tentative dates and times.

Jag Corps members should:

• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Have the ability to work with others.
• Be involved in student life at IUPUI. (This may include clubs/organizations, campus leadership positions, athletics, community service, etc.)
• Be enthusiastic and like to have fun.

For more information on the Jag Corps contact:
Stephanie Lee, First Year Programs Assistant
stemlee@iupui.edu

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis host the Disney Institute on September 9, 2009.

It doesn't take any training to recognize that the world's economy has taken a significant downturn. However, it does take effective and proven professional development training to guide impacted organizations back to the summit.

A one-day local workshop, the Disney Keys to Excellence program is a rare and affordable opportunity to learn best business practices from Disney insiders. Organizations from across the nation have learned proven philosophies and implemented effective processes to reap the rewards of improvements in leadership, management, service, and brand loyalty.

IMPORTANT: Please use promotional code "IUPSTNE" to receive $50 OFF PER GUEST when registering.

To Learn more and register: keysindy.com

In 1992, the AFP-IN created a scholarship program for Indiana college and university students. Two $ 2,000 scholarships will be awarded for the 2009-2010 academic year. The award will be prorated if the student has only one semester to complete in the 20092010 academic year.

TMAI scholarship winners and their faculty advisors will also receive a complimentary registration to the Circle City Treasury Management Conference in Indianapolis held August 17-19, 2009, where the scholarship recipients will be honored. Scholarship funds will be distributed at the beginning of the 2009 fall semester.

Application requirements include:

• Junior status at an accredited Indiana college or university
• Major/concentration in finance or a closely related subject
• At least six credit hours of finance or closely related course work completed by the end of the 2008-2009 academic year
• A completed application
• A student evaluation checklist prepared by the student's academic advisor
• A current official transcript (required to be submitted at the time of the interview)

Student applications and advisor evaluations must be postmarked or e-mailed by July 31, 2009. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance in informing your students about this opportunity. Please do not hesitate to call with any questions or suggestions.

Carol Abner
Phone: 317.242.6368

This initiative provides an excellent opportunity for Kelley to partner with University Information Technology Services in support of the recently released IT strategic plan, Empowering People, in the area of mobility. This device integrates well with a number of applications available to students and faculty including Exchange (Outlook), the Wall Street Journal reader, Office Communicator, Google Chat, and many other facilitative applications. Use of these devices at Kelley will aid in the strategic conversion of critical IU enterprise applications such as Oncourse and Oncestart to a mobile platform.

When and how long will this opportunity be available?
The pilot program extends for two years starting July 6, 2009.

Where do I go to take advantage of this opportunity?
This opportunity is only available online at the following URL: http://www.kelley.indiana.edu/blackberry/.

Who do I contact if I have questions about this opportunity?
Technology Services http://www.kelley.indiana.edu/ts/ will be the first point of contact for inquiries (812-855-4247) for both Indianapolis and Bloomington campus during business hours (8am 5pm, M-F). They can also be reached by e-mail tshelp@indiana.edu.

Are there specific devices that are available?
Yes. The Blackberry Curve 8320 is available for free and the Blackberry Bold for $149.99.

What service plans are available and what is the contract period?
There are three plans available. Detailed information is available in the IU Knowledge Base @ https://kb.iu.edu/data/ayiw.html. All plans require a 2 year contract commitment.

How do I configure these devices to connect to Exchange and receive e-mail?
This requires a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) license. The university fee for this license is $45 with a recurring monthly charge of $6 (significantly discounted from the license available through AT&T). This fee is payable through personal funds or can be billed to a departmental account with proper authorization. A BES license will be setup through the registration process for those who choose to take advantage of this opportunity. Upon completion of the order process, applicants will receive an activation code/pin that will facilitate final configuration.

What if I am an AT&T customer on a different plan?
AT&T customers can switch over without any penalties.

What if I have a contract through a different carrier (Verizon, TMobile, Sprint, etc.)?
To avoid penalties, you will have to wait until your contract expires.

Is this deal compatible with family plans?
No, not at this time.

What if I want to add unlimited text as an option to the lower-end plans?
At present, there is no provision to accommodate this.

Where do I go for configuration support?
Technology Services http://www.kelley.indiana.edu/ts/ will be the first point of contact for inquiries (812-855-4247) for both Indy and Bloomington campus during business hours (8am 5pm, M-F). They can also be reached by e-mail tshelp@indiana.edu. Assistance after 5pm will be available through the UITS (812-855-6789). NOTE: Neither Technology Services nor UITS can troubleshoot cellular service problems these will have to be directed to AT&T.

The Cost of Control study, issued this week, is the first global study investigating the issues impacting finance and procurement. The research is supported by Mark Frohlich, associate professor of operations management at Kelley Indianapolis, and was released by Basware, a global leader in purchase to pay solutions.

The study reveals chief financial officers at the 550 companies examined are failing to recognize the importance of managing supply chains through procurement, despite the hazards of the economic recession. Only 28 percent of respondents saw procurement as having a significant impact on financial risk exposure.

Businesses today are defined by their supply chains and some of the high profile business failures of the last 12 months point to this as a root cause, Frohlich stated in a Basware news release.

Finance departments across the globe have been guilty of ignoring the real value that their procurement teams can bring to the financial health of their organizations for decades now, so there is real truth to the suggestion that CFOs arent making the most of what can be an invaluable asset in the fight against the recession, Frohlich added.

Frohlich also noted his concern that only 27 percent of respondents consider that procurement has a positive effect on enterprise profitability, which indicates a view that supply chains are not seen as a significant factor for bottom-line performance.

Frohlichs teaching at Kelley Indianapolis focuses primarily on operations strategy, process improvement, program management and supply chain integrations. His past teaching positions include assignments with the London Business School, Boston Universitys School of Management and Oxford Universitys Said Business School.

The study found less than half of respondents see any level of integration between procurement and finance teams, representing a departure from past business models.

Ari Salonen, Baswares general manager for North America, issued a statement saying the level of disconnect between finance and procurement departments is alarming.

There should be a sense of trepidation on both sides of the fence when reading the results of this study, Salonen stated. While heads of finance everywhere are looking at how they can bring greater security and stability to their organizations, they seem to be missing a major piece of the puzzle in overlooking the procurement teams as a major strategic advantage.

Basware recommended a more transparent model for company spending to improve efficiency and return on investment.

The study was conducted for Basware during May 2009 and evaluated responses from 550 financial executives from across the globe. Each responding organization had 1,000 to 50,000 employees. A complete copy of the study can be found by emailing Robert.cohen@basware.com or by visiting www.basware.com/control.

For more information about the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations, at 274.6856.

An experienced finance professor at the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis has been named the new chair of the schools Evening MBA program.

Catherine Bonser-Neal, an associate professor of finance at Kelley Indianapolis with a specialization in international finance and economics, has taught in the Evening MBA program since she joined Kelley in 1996.

Bonser-Neal is an award-winning teacher in the program, but she cites her devotion to the Kelley School and its Indianapolis programs as a factor in her decision to take on this new position.

Im very honored to have an opportunity to serve the Kelley School in this role, Bonser-Neal said. Ive been a part of Kelley Indianapolis for many years, and Ive watched the Evening MBA program grow and develop in exciting ways.

Bonser-Neal, who officially takes over on July 1, said she looks forward to building on the programs past successes to ensure the Kelley Evening MBA programs reputation for quality and success continues to grow. As the job market remains arduous, she said now is an ideal time to evaluate the structure of the program to ensure its continued evolution.

MBA programs around the country, and indeed around the world, are facing many challenges; however, I think it has never been more important for students to gain knowledge and an understanding of how to operate in a global and competitive environment. The Kelley School provides students with those skills, Bonser-Neal said.

Bonser-Neal has an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and a masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Chicago. She has also taught at the University of Washington and at the Melbourne Business School, and she has worked as an economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Presidents Council of Economic Advisors. She is a native Hoosier and said she returned to Indiana to work with Kelleys talented faculty and students and because she appreciates the people, the talent, and the opportunities the state has to offer.

Bonser-Neal replaces Phil Powell, a business economics professor at Kelley Indianapolis who recently was named chair of the MBA program on the Kelley Bloomington campus. She credits Powell for implementing successful policies during his tenure and said she plans to see that the program continues on its path of growth and innovation.

I want to ensure the design of the program is meeting the needs of those who aspire to be global business innovators and leaders in the 21st Century, she said. No program can stay totally stagnant, and to ensure our students are globally competitive means we need to stay ahead of the curve.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274.6856.

The authority to continue operations was approved today (June 26) in a special meeting of the IU Board of Trustees Finance and Audit Committee, chaired by Trustee Thomas E. Reilly Jr.

The resolution allows IU campuses to continue operations and expenditures under current budgetary authority until a new state budget is in place and IU trustees are able to adopt a new university operating budget. The action ensures that IU's 17,000 employees will continue to receive paychecks on time and vendors will continue to be paid for goods and services.

Neil Theobald, vice president and chief financial officer, said IU would have about $200 million to $300 million in cash reserves that could be tapped for continuing operations in July and August, if necessary, if the university does not receive its normal allocations of state support.

IU received about $600 million in state support during the 2008-09 academic year, which represented about 23 percent of its overall $2.7 billion operating budget.

Indiana lawmakers have been meeting in special session since June 11 in an effort to complete a biennial budget for 2010-12.

Theobald said that IU will have to delay mailing tuition bills for the upcoming fall semester for several weeks because the university is unable to calculate tuition rates and student financial aid offers until it knows how much state support it will receive.

Once a new state budget is adopted, it will take about 10 days for IU trustees to set tuition rates and approve operating budgets for the 2009-10 academic year.

If industry fails to set guidelines that recognize consumer needs and expectations regarding privacy issues, it risks the government doing so in a more aggressive and potentially stifling manner.

A recent article in the American Business Law Journal explores challenges to consumer privacy amid the growing use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for real-time inventory control and other purposes. The authors outline several key recommendations they believe should guide development of industry-driven privacy standards for RFID and other emerging technologies, beginning with a better understanding that consumers expect to own, share and control personal information even after they have disclosed it.

"More companies are realizing advances in the ability to link products and consumers through the use of technologies such as RFID, but such progress can sometimes come at the expense of individual privacy," said co-author Julie Manning Magid, associate professor of business law at the Kelley School in Indianapolis. "For RFID and other such technologies to thrive, industry self-regulation that directly addresses the issue of personal privacy threats is far preferable to piecemeal and potentially oppressive government regulation."

According to Magid, there are several successful historical examples of similar types of self-regulating industry standards which reflect consumer needs or expectations, including the myriad "green" initiatives currently being adopted across numerous industries and the development of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) more than a century ago to test products and write standards for safety worldwide.

Industry should limit types, timeframe and transfer of information

Drawing from the fields of behavioral economics, communications privacy management and social networks, Magid and her colleagues outline three principles that will protect consumer privacy while still promoting efficient business practice:

• The types of information gathered should be limited so that the technology cannot be used to collect highly sensitive or inappropriate data, such as Social Security numbers or medical histories;
• Information should have expiration dates -- 12 months, for instance -- to ensure that information remains relevant and accurate, benefiting both business and consumers;
• Unauthorized re-use or transfer of information to or by third parties, a practice that the researchers identify as the single greatest threat to consumer privacy, should be banned. "Individuals clearly expect that their information should remain within expected networks, so companies should take great care to meet this expectation," said Magid. "Further, third-party firms that acquire this information must agree to the data expiration policies consistent with the initial consumer disclosure."

Although the article focused on privacy issues related specifically to RFID technology, the authors believe that the insights and guidelines they identified have implications for a range of fast-growing technologies that utilize consumer information, including Internet data.

Growing concern -- and legal ambiguity -- regarding consumer privacy

Concern among consumers about how and why companies are gathering and using their "private" data has sparked several high-profile backlashes, most recently against Facebook in the wake of its attempt to unilaterally change the terms of service to gain rights to users' personal information and materials. Exacerbating these fears, the professors believe, is an outdated legal model of privacy that offers no sustainable solutions to managing data obtained through modern technologies.

They point to the lack of direct and clear guidelines in the U.S. Constitution, which does not prohibit the collection and use of personal information by private firms. Efforts to adopt new legal models from the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPP) have fallen short and the growing number of state-level initiatives has the potential to create a patchwork of legal requirements that increases the cost of technological improvement, the professors add.

According to Magid, if industry fails to self-regulate, further legislation may surface that impedes the potential of technologies such as RFID and increase costs to consumers and businesses.

"Although this innovative technology can increase consumer choice and reduce costs, companies must be cognizant of the danger the technologies pose and should take proactive steps to address and mitigate these risks to consumer privacy," she said. "If they don't, then government may do so but in ways that reduce efficiencies to both consumers and businesses."

"Radio Frequency Identification and Privacy Law: An Integrative Approach" appeared in the January 2009 issue of the American Business Law Journal. It was written by Professors Julie Manning Magid, Mohan V. Tatikonda and Philip Cochran of the Kelley School of Business, and is available for download at SSRN.

The Main Street Institute is a partnership with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to provide ongoing education for small businesses. The workshops feature Kelley faculty presenting on topics that incorporate not only knowledge of the subjects but also firsthand experience in the business community.

The May 29 presentation, titled Make the Most Out of Your Data: Choosing Between Access and Excel, included real-life data demonstrations of how the two software programs differ and what are the best applications based on the type of data and the results businesses hope to discover.

Patti Hammerle, an adjunct faculty member at the Kelley Indianapolis, walked participants through exercises showing how charts and graphs are best produced using Excel, but Access succeeds in analyzing relational data and creating easy-to-use forms involving customer information.

What you want to get out of your data affects the way you put it in (to the two programs, said Hammerle, who founded her own computer manual business based on her software knowledge. She teaches a computers and business course at Kelley Indianapolis.

Hammerle urged the audience to experiment with the two programs, even using both for the same collection of data, to see what works most effectively. Although many users are more experienced with Excel, Access has wonderful attributes as well, she added.

David Steele, also an adjunct faculty member at Kelley Indianapolis, led a spirited discussion about the changes in business in todays always on world, at the June 12 Main Street event.

Steele told the large group in attendance the days of simply selling a product are long gone. Today is more about value and solution selling, fostering relationships and fulfilling customer satisfaction needs, he said.

Understanding the world and human behavior and the world we live in now is really what is going to help you grow your business, said Steele, an experienced entrepreneur and head of a local business consulting firm, The Steele Group.

Steele urged MSI participants to approach business using the Globalization 3.0 viewpoint, where global business is interconnected and always evolving today amid instant feedback and social networking.

In some way, shape or form, you will be interacting in the international marketplace and you have to incorporate some of Globalization 3.0 techniques, Steele said.

Successful businesses today must understand the complex nature of sales and the importance of nurturing business relationships with customers and supply chain partners. He said auditing your customer resource management process is just as important as closing a deal.

You dont know where you are going to be tomorrow or next week, Steele said, adding it is vital for businesses today to adopt and incorporate social networking strategies to maintain their brand.

Steele used examples of blogs and Twitter and their effects on business. He urged the crowd to devise a goal that incorporates social media in marketing and business plans.

For client management and retention, you have to have somebody on your staff that understands these social technologies, Steele said.

The next Main Street will be held on Friday, August 7, at the University Library, 755 W. Michigan St. Adjunct faculty member John Pennington will discuss, Effective Sales and Operations Planning: An Essential Set of Management Tools. Contact the chamber at 464-2200 or at IndyChamber to register.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

About two dozen high school students with college ambitions attended the annual Project Stepping Stone symposium, which culminated with a panel discussion between the group and four Kelley students who have immersed themselves in the business school experience. IUPUI was just one of several Indiana universities participating in the annual program.

For me personally, I just started at IUPUI because it was close to my house and I didnt know what I could afford. I didnt know much about Kelley until I got my welcome letters from the school, said Jessica Martin, a Kelley junior.

I think we really need to push it so students are doing their research and know what theyre getting in to and they understand that Kelley is really one of the best schools in the country, Martin added.

Martin was joined by Kelley students Chad Beauchamp, Juan Benitez and Aziz Hamid, the schools sole Diversity Research Scholar this year. The high school groups were engaged and interested, asking the Kelley students their thoughts on jobs, campus life and getting the most out of your education.

Project Stepping Stone is an annual event devoted to creating opportunities for Indiana Hispanic students, who research has shown face significant obstacles before attending college. The Indianapolis chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs sponsored Kelleys involvement, as well as other schools and universities, in mentoring at-risk Hispanic youth through events like the panel discussion.

Several of the students were focused on the value of a college education and job prospects after graduation.

You have to be as competitive as possible coming out of school (Kelley) sets you up to be a better-rounded person and more competitive in the business world, Beauchamp said.

Benitez, a finance major from the Dominican Republic, urged the students to get involved in activities once on a college campus and not keep your face buried in a book.

Get involved so you can be part of something, he said.

Hamid reminded the students of the schools strength in research and the quality faculty, which he said has encouraged and influenced him greatly during his time on campus.

Russell Vertner , director of Kelleys student diversity program, moderated the discussion and reminded students of the global nature of education today. He briefly discussed Kelleys growing involvement in study abroad programs and urged the group to think internationally as you develop your college career goals.

Kelley Indianapolis and IUPUI continue to make strides in embracing diversity on campus, and Project Stepping Stone serves as an excellent forum to interact with the growing group of Hispanic students in the region, Vertner said.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274.6856.

Students living in the Kelley House this fall semester can expect to see a familiar face around the apartments as the new resident assistant has big plans to create a Kelley community among the residents.

Ose Agho (pronounced oh-say ah-go) has been selected as the new resident assistant for Kelley House. Agho, 19, moved in to the building this week and is excited to soon begin getting to know her neighbors and fellow students at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis.

When I found out I was assigned to Kelley House, I was so excited, she said. You know, being a business student that will be a great opportunity to meet other students and get to interact with them and have them learn from me and the things I did my freshman year.

Agho, who was born in Illinois and graduated high school in Michigan, made her way to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis after her father accepted a job on campus. Dr. Augustine Agho is dean of the IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

After I started my freshman year here, I fell in love with the campus, and Im glad I went to school here, she said.

Agho went right to work getting involved in activities both on and off campus. She served on the Ball Residence Hall Council and other campus groups during her freshman year, which she hopes will give her an advantage when learning how to interact with students at the Kelley House.

One of my goals is to make sure everyone feels they are part of the community. I want to help them get together and get to know each other and feel comfortable, she said.

Im a friendly person and can talk to anybody, Agho added. I love meeting people and getting to know them. Im very open and I respect privacy, so (the residents) should know they can trust me.

She also enjoys participating in diverse activities from the many cultural groups on campus and hopes to bring a little of that diversity to the Kelley House. Her parents are from Nigeria. Her name translates to beauty in the Edo dialect in Nigeria.

Agho will serve as the resident assistant to the Kelley House and another building, both totaling more than 50 students. She looks forward to continuing her education at Kelley Indianapolis and later pursuing a career in public relations.

Agho also will become a regular blogger on the Kelley homepage, so her voice and face should become quite familiar to residents and those at the school.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274.6856.

This is the first such agreement between AT&T and a university. The program, negotiated through University Information Technology Services at IU, will be launched on July 1 in partnership with IU's Kelley School of Business.

"Mobility is in high demand, and mobile applications and delivery are essential for higher education," said IU Associate Vice President for Support, Sue Workman. "Indiana University is pleased to have the opportunity to engage with AT&T in this first-of-a-kind program."

Faculty and graduate students (at both masters and doctoral levels) enrolled in Kelley School of Business programs on both the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses may participate in the AT&T BlackBerry program, and they will enjoy the support of dedicated higher education resources to support the program from AT&T.

In addition, participating Kelley faculty, staff and graduate students will be eligible for AT&T's University Advantage Program, which includes specially tailored pricing for participating colleges and universities.

The BlackBerry smartphones deployed in this program will use IU's Microsoft Exchange e-mail and calendaring environment, as well as the school's existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server. IU and the BlackBerry Professional Services team will be creating an application for the BlackBerry smartphone to allow integration with mobile enterprise systems. This will help students and faculty to stay on top of their academics and campus life while on the go.

"This particular opportunity will allow our faculty to experiment with integrating the BlackBerry smartphone experience into their pedagogy, and will allow our students to learn how to use this technology in managing their future business activities and their mobile lives," said Frank Acito, associate dean at the Kelley School. "The project makes this technology accessible and integrated with the enterprise mobility plans, and allows our future business leaders to utilize tools in an educational setting that they will likely use in their careers."

"When AT&T and Research In Motion approached Indiana University to discuss this program, we did so knowing Indiana's long-term strategic focus on enhancing information technology on campus," said Reed Pangborn, sales center vice president, higher education mobility solutions, AT&T Business Solutions. "Mobile applications in the higher education segment extend the classroom and improve the student learning experience by educating with real-world tools. Innovative programs like this one will soon become the standard for higher education."

"This agreement is an important step in realizing the vision of 'Empowering People,' IU's strategic plan for information technology," said Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Brad Wheeler, who also is a professor of information systems in the Kelley School.

"The plan strongly encourages the continuation and expansion of IU's highly successful collaborations with hardware, software and service vendors to enhance and augment the university's mission of teaching and learning for the 21st-century," Wheeler added.

You can find more information at: BlackBerry Pilot Program

Kenneth EA Wendeln, a clinical associate professor of management in the Kelley School of Business, is one of seven faculty members honored from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

"Receiving IU's Faculty Colloquium On Excellence in Teaching (FACET) award is a great honor - but one that I must share with my Kelley School of Business and IU colleagues who have encouraged and mentored me in my quest to help students learn and achieve," Wendeln said upon notification of the award.

The 17 new recipients will join a distinguished group of nearly 500 previous award winners inducted over the past 20 years including 371 full-time faculty. The new recipients, along with the 2009 recipient of the P.A. Mack Award for Distinguished Service to Teaching, were honored at the annual FACET retreat held on May 15-17 at the Potawatomi Inn in Angola, Ind.

The FACET award was first presented in 1989 to faculty members who have demonstrated their exceptional commitment to teaching and learning through areas of self-evaluation, course preparation, research, instructional skills and student impact. It is designed to both recognize and enhance outstanding teaching throughout the IU system and to promote continued development of teaching excellence among colleagues at IU and beyond.

FACET faculty are among the most dedicated faculty focused on teaching and learning, and the big winners are the students in these faculty classes, said David Malik, director of FACET and vice chancellor of academic affairs at IU Northwest.

Wendeln first joined Kelley Indianapolis as faculty member in 2001 and has been a clinical associate professor since 2004. In addition to his teaching duties, he also provides professional development to students of the Evening MBA Program and sits on several committees including the Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board, the IUPUI Program Review and Assessment Committee, and is chair of the IUPUI Values and Ethics Community of Practice.

For more information, please Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274.6856.

The whole sales and marketing process has changed dramatically in the past five to 10 years, said Steele, an adjunct faculty member at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis. Its gone from simple product selling to value selling and now on to solution selling. The degree of complexity and ambiguity of what youre trying to sell or the service youre trying to provide is increasingly complex.

Steeles June 12th presentation, titled Managing New Prospects and Existing Clients in an Always On World, will touch upon many aspects of how to succeed in sales amid todays climate of instant communication and feedback. He will rely on his vast experience in corporate and entrepreneurial endeavors to show why the sales arena is not what it used to be and continues to evolve.

The Main Street Institute is a partnership between the Kelley School of Business and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to provide continuing education to small and mid-sized businesses in Indiana.

These interactive workshops are held at the University Library, 755 W. Michigan St., on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis. Registration is $30 for Chamber members and $40 for non-members and can be made at indychamber.com or by calling 317-464-2200.

Steele said he anticipates his presentation to appeal to sales representatives who are looking for new ways to grow their business and their role within it. Among topics he intends to discuss include managing an effective sales pipeline, client management, the different roles of sales and marketing professionals and the impact of social technologies on business.

I want to focus on bringing discipline to this sometimes fragmented and functional process in a very flat and always-on world, Steele said.

People should be looking at sales and marketing using the Awareness, Capture, Fulfillment and Retention model, he added. It is my fundamental belief that if you do not have all four of those working at the same time you will not be successful in the world we live in.

Steele is the founder and managing principal of the Steele Group, a business consulting firm that specializes in the energy sector. He has held senior level corporate positions and previously created two start-up ventures as well as the creation of a private equity growth venture recently acquired by a group of New York blue chip investors.

He also had a 20-year tenure with a Midwest public utility and currently is a member of The Alliance, a professional group of senior executives at the Kelley School of Business who specialize in identifying and solving problems commonly encountered by entrepreneurs.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

Jane Lambert, executive director of academic programs for the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, has been named 2009 Student Supervisor of the Year for the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

It was a privilege to receive this award and to be nominated by Madeleine Witt, my teaching assistant. I stand in very good company because the other supervisors who were nominated are an outstanding group of IUPUI faculty and staff, said Lambert, who also serves as a senior lecturer in accounting at Kelley Indianapolis.

Witt said she chose to nominate Lambert because she embodies what it means to be a leader, goes beyond what is necessary in her investment in students and never forgets to laugh.

Jane Lambert wears many hats at the Kelley School of Business: professor, boss, advisor and friend, Witt wrote in her nomination letter. But what means the most, and what has impacted me the most, is how she leads. She gives her employees every tool necessary and every opportunity to succeed. But, most of all she leads by example.

Witt has worked alongside Lambert for two years. During that time, Lambert has provided her not only employment but sound advice and unwavering support as she pursues her career goal of auditing, she said.

The Student Supervisor of the Year Award is designed to recognize outstanding student supervisors and their contributions to student employees. Lambert was honored at a recent reception at the Campus Center.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

More than dozen representatives of the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis will study international business culture during the schools first study abroad program in Strasbourg, France.

The group of 11 students and three advisors will depart May 24 en route to France for a week of intense learning never experienced before by Kelley Indianapolis. The trip is preceded by two weeks of classroom study on campus at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis followed by an additional week upon the groups return.

By visiting global companies and European institutions, the students will gain a great appreciation for the impacts of different economic and political environments on international business, said Cathy Bonser-Neal, a faculty representative traveling with the group.

The students can expect a hands-on learning experience in France. The group will tour the companies being researched, visit some of the European government and cultural institutions that influence the operation of business there and hear presentations by European Union experts on features of European politics, culture and business.

Kelley Indianapolis gains by having more students who have had global experiences, Bonser-Neal added. Businesses are operating within global markets, and they expect their new employees to be familiar with these markets. The Kelley Strasbourg program is a way for students to obtain this experience.

Being a part of the first undergraduate study abroad program for Kelley is an exciting notion for the students making the journey.

This will expand my horizons and force me to experience a culture shock that will enable me to grow both personally and professionally, said David Lane, 21, a finance and accounting major.

Hopefully this trip will give me a better understanding and viewpoint of international business that I cannot only utilize in my studies, but also in my professional career, said Jenna Wood, a human resource and management major.

Both students said they were attracted to the program because of its short time frame and the ability to combine on-campus studies with those experiences planned for France.

While excited about how the study abroad program will help them in their education, the students also see a benefit to Kelley Indianapolis.

I believe this will add value to the Kelley degree with a study abroad experience designed through the business school, Lane said.

As business professionals, it is important to understand international business and as long as the trip goes well, Kelley will be able to continue it in the future, Wood said.

Some students will be blogging about their adventures in France, with posts going to the Biz Blog on the Kelley Indianapolis homepage, Kelley IUPUI.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

The event features a distinguished panel to discuss Business Incentives to go green in Indiana. The purpose is to educate event attendees about governmental incentives that are available on the federal, state, and local levels for energy efficiency projects; as well as automobile-related incentives: ethanol, bio fuels, and hybrids.

Moreover, the event has dedicated two hours after the panel discussion, for participants to engage in green networking. The program seeks diversity in its attendance, which will include corporate leaders, business professionals, business owners, local policymakers, educators, and local media persons.

We invite you to be a part of the Green Business Networking Series event. Obamas administrations focus on creating green jobs and reducing business carbon footprint has created new opportunities for businesses to obtain additional financing for innovative projects, as well as create new jobs in the state.

Event Organizers: Green Business Network and Hoosier Environmental Council

Event Title: Panel Discussion and Networking Event: Business Incentives to Go Green in Indiana

Date: June 11th, 5PM-9PM

Location: Indianapolis Columbia Club

Registration fee: Early bird - $25 till May 15th; $35 online preregister; $40 at the door (includes light dinner catering).

Registration web site: Eventbrite

Event web site: Indiana Green Business

AIT Laboratories has been named the 2009 recipient of the Access Award for its continued support of programs at the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis.

The Access Award was created nine years ago in response to a growing number of Indiana graduates choosing to pursue careers out of state. The award is given to a company or organization that partners with and provides creative learning opportunities for Kelley students.

AIT Laboratories is headquartered in Indianapolis and employs more than 300 people, including several Kelley Indianapolis graduates. It is considered one of the top toxicology labs in the country providing medical analysis to the healthcare industry. It recently was named Small Business of the Year and one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana by the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.

The IU Kelley School of Business continues to produce top graduates, and AIT is fortunate to have many of them working for us, said AIT President and CEO Michael A. Evans. IU plays an integral part in the growth of many life sciences companies, and AIT is honored to be recognized by such a great educational institution.

Evans and AIT were honored at the May 10 commencement ceremony for Kelley Indianapolis graduate students. Associate Dean Phil Cochran noted Evans involvement in the recent Kelley Business Conference and several classroom activities on campus as well as for being an integral part in the schools Global Supply Chain Innovation Enterprise.

AIT will join the ranks of Brightpoint Inc., the Venture Club of Indiana, Rolls-Royce of North America and the Carrier Corporation as past recipients of the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis Access Award.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

Jenna Wood, 21, said she was shocked to hear her name among such an elite group during an awards celebration on April 3. She was in attendance because she was previously named among the Top 100 students on the campus.

I felt very honored said the Greenfield, Ind., native. We have a big student base here, and especially because it wasnt just specifically Kelley students, that makes it a huge honor because there are so many unique, diversified people on campus. To learn someone had picked me was very humbling.

A total of 14 Kelley Indianapolis students were named among the Top 100. Only Wood, a Direct Admit to the school, made the Top 10.

Jenna is truly making the most out of her academic experience and taking on new challenges with the curriculum that she has chosen, wrote Maureen Kinney, assistant director of the undergraduate programs at Kelley Indianapolis, in a recommendation letter for Wood.

Kinney noted Wood should be recognized for more than her high grade point average while an Honors student at Kelley. Included among her accomplishments are her active involvement in the Cox Scholarship program and the Kelley Directors Advisory Board, for which she recommends improvements to the school. She is among the first group in the Kelley International Study Abroad Program visiting Strasbourg, France, in late May.

She also will soon begin a mentoring program in which she will guide Kelley freshman with advice and direction for getting the most out of their education while in the school. She currently holds an internship in human resources at Beckman Coulter Inc., in Indianapolis and is a member of the campus group Society for Human Resources Management.

Ive been really involved with Kelley, and I believe a lot of faculty advisors have seen my involvement and seen how much Ive really enjoyed Kelley, Wood said of her selection.

Anytime anyone asks me to go and speak to Kelley students, Im always willing to help because ultimately this campus and this school has given me so many opportunities and so many resources I am going to give back as much as I can, she added.

With a year left before graduation, Wood reflects fondly on her decision to choose Kelley over other area schools.

Beyond the fact that Kelley is accredited across the country, its really a great learning environment if you want to not get lost, Wood said. If you really want that personal experience and people who really care about you in addition to a great learning environment, I believe Kelley really tries to cater to make sure you know everything you can so youre ready when you go out in the real world.

For more information, please visit kelley.iupui.edu or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

The well-attended event featured students from all walks of life who were recognized as the top scholars at Kelley Indianapolis. Glenn Bosch, director of the schools Office of Development, told the crowd more than 300 students qualify for these scholarships so those who receive the awards really are the cream of the crop.

Student Andrew J. Heckman was honored as the recipient of the J. Dwight Peterson Key Award, the highest honor given to a student at Kelley Indianapolis. The award is named for the former president of City Securities and a 1919 graduate of IU-Bloomington. It honors the overall outstanding Kelley senior on the basis of superior scholarship, extracurricular activities and character.

This award truly is the capstone for all of my pursuits here and its really an honor to be recognized, said Heckman, who may continue his pursuit of an MBA at the school.

The award was presented by John Peterson, son of the awards namesake and current chairman and CEO.

My challenge to you people is that out of 35,000 students youre the best and Im here to thank you and accolade you as a representative of Indiana University. But we challenge you for more as we move forward, John Peterson said.

Receiving the 2009 Outstanding Student Awards were Andrew J. Wright, Accounting; Iva P. Georgieva, Computer Information Systems; Melissa H. Utterback, Finance; Donald B. Waters, Human Resource Management; Kurt E. Wiegand, Management; Andrew J. Heckman, Marketing; and Sara R. Carter, Supply Chain Management.

Named as the 2009 Student Athlete Academic Award recipients were John Bradford, Jamie Farrell, Evan Fruits, Dana Gardner, Lisa Houseman, Nicole Jenkins, Daniel Klingenberg, Katrina McCrory, Benjamin Moster, Jared Nifong, Lauran Reynolds, Laura Roseberry, Alison Smith, Eric Weigman, Brandon Wenger and Jorge Yunes.

The remaining scholarship recipients and their awards include John P. Bradford, John W. Berry Memorial Scholarship; Peter T. Cook, William F. Buchanan Prize; Jeffrey Mattingly Jr., Hazel Patterson Chattaway Scholarship; Jessica M. Martin, Susan E. Ragle and Jenna L. Wood, Dr. Victor E. Childers International Study Award; David C. Lane, Construction Financial Management Association Scholarship; Kiel C. Bobb, Crowe Horwath LLP Scholarship; Richard L. Smith, Delta Sigma Pi Chapter Scholarship; Alicia M. Peters, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholarship; Jessica L. Schuemann, Financial Executives International Award; Alicia S. Brunson, Hub Group Academic Scholarship; Charles W. Beauchamp III, Indiana CPA Society Outstanding Accounting Major; Shannon Adams, Indiana Motor Truck Association Scholarship; Marissa A. Mooers, Dr. Roger E. Jerman Scholarship; Daisy Phan, Sam H. Jones Minority Scholarship; Geoffrey S. Dodge and Lydia C. Feldman, Irwin Katz Accounting Excellence Scholarship; Hui Zhang, KSBI Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship; Eric J. Weigman, KSBI Finance Scholarship; John-Paul W. Felter, Stephanie M. Fulford and Tarah J. Reid, KSBI Underclassmen Honors Scholarship; Alicia M. Raines, KSBI Women in Management Scholarship; Heather M. Kent, Key Bank Scholarship; Nicole A. Jones, Jack L. Pittman, Bernard A. Reed and Chandler Shambarger, Klapper Family Foundation Scholarship; Michael E. Farr, Lawrence E. Magner Human Resource Management Scholarship; Ayesha Arif, Jason H. Lile and Megan E. Miller, M&I Bank Scholarship; Elisa D. Doll, Ginny Marzke Memorial Scholarship; Christopher T. Parker, Gordon C. Miller Scholarship; William E. Wilz, NAPM Hauger/Wilson Scholarship for Supply Chain Studies; Daniel T. Prout, Elliott and Estelle Nelson Family Scholarship; Adam W. Rupright, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Scholarship; Bryan J. Zabonick, Somerset CPAS Scholarship; Carla L. Darce and David C. Lane, Ralph L. Swingley Scholarship; Charles W. Beauchamp III and Elyse G. Berry, Tax Executives Institute Scholarship; and Tarah J. Reid, Michael Williams Endowed Scholarship.

For more information, please visit www.kelley.iupui.edu or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

Beginning May 11, 2009

Mondays
Online Advising
10am 1pm
**There will be no Online Advising on Monday, May 25 as the campus is closed.

Tuesdays
5 Minute Advising
10am 1pm

Wednesdays
5 Minute Advising
10am 1pm

Thursdays
5 Minute Advising
2pm 5pm

Becker CPA Review FastPass classes will be held on the IUPUI campus beginning May 13. If you are an MSA student, you may sign up for BUPA-X574 Accounting CapstoneBecker (1.5cr). This class will count towards the MSA degree. All students must sign up for the Becker CPA Review course at the Becker website at Becker CPA.

Classes meet from 8:45am-12:45pm. All review courses are taught by Kelley School of Business faculty! If you sign up for BUPA-X574, all tuition and fees apply.

Diana Ebling, M.D., IU Health Center medical director, says her office is closely in touch with state and federal health agencies for updated guidance on the situation. To help the public understand more about swine flu, Ebling has provided information to some commonly asked questions regarding the flu, particularly in relation to a university settting.

Q. Do college students, as they tend to mingle, be socially interactive and often live together or attend classes in relatively close quarters to one another, need to take any special precautions at this time?

A. Flu is spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing. Since students live in such close proximity it's especially important that they follow infection prevention measures such as frequent hand washing or using an alcohol-based hand cleaner, covering mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve if coughing or sneezing, and avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth. It's important that if a student gets infected with the flu that they stay home (in their room) and avoid classes, dining halls and other places where people gather.

Q. Would there be a point when special precautions would need to be taken, and if so, when would that be?

A. We will be actively monitoring this situation at the state and federal level. At this time there is no need for further precautions such as avoiding public events.

Q. What about special precautions for families who may be flying to the region from points around the world for IU's upcoming graduation ceremonies, and then flying out again?

A. At this time there have been no cases of swine flu on the IU Bloomington campus or in the city of Bloomington. It is important that if family members are coming from an area where there has been confirmed swine flu cases that they stay home and not travel if they develop flu symptoms. This typically consists of a fever over 100 degrees, nasal congestion, cough, body aches, and occasionally diarrhea or vomiting.

Q. In areas with confirmed cases, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending steps that include frequent hand washing, covering coughs, and having ill persons stay home, except to seek medical care, and minimize contact with others in the household. Are these steps that should be implemented here at IU now?

A. Yes, these should be implemented now. There is no vaccine available for the swine flu at this time so prevention measures are especially important.

Q. Additional measures that can limit transmission of a new influenza strain include voluntary home quarantine of members of households with confirmed or probable swine influenza cases, reduction of unnecessary social contacts, and avoidance whenever possible of crowded settings. At this time, should IU students, faculty or staff be concerned about implementing social distancing or avoiding large gatherings?

A. No, since there are no suspected or confirmed cases of swine flu in Bloomington it's not necessary to implement social distancing or avoidance of large gatherings at this time.

To speak with Ebling, please contact Steve Chaplin, University Communications, at 812-856-1896, or stjchap@indiana.edu.

Participants in the next Main Street Institute seminar will learn practical examples of whether Excel or Access is the best tool to analyze data to allow business leaders to reach meaningful results.

The two data programs are more than just accounting tools and spreadsheets. Both are useful in their own way, but the key is to determine what you want to glean from the information, according to Patti Hammerle, an adjunct faculty member at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis and the key presenter for the May 29th seminar.

This will not necessarily be a how-to, in terms of a step by step heres what you would do, but its more about identifying your data and determining what you want to get from it. Ill show you which program will work best for that, said Hammerle, who teaches computers and business at Kelley Indianapolis.

Hammerle will provide tangible examples of data analysis using both programs at the next Main Street Institute seminar planned for 8: 30 a.m. on May 29th at the University Library on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis. The institute is an ongoing partnership between Kelley Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to provide continuing education for regional businesses.

Chamber members can attend for $30 and non-members can attend for $40. To register, please visit the chamber website or call 317-464-2200. The event is free to Kelley students, staff and faculty.

Hammerle transferred her self-taught expertise of the data programs into her own business, U-Can Computer Manuals, which are distributed to libraries and businesses to help them train staff. She also does private training and consulting work utilizing Access and Excel.

At the management level, its really important to understand the distinction (between the two programs) and to determine what you want to get from your data, she said.

Excel, for example, you use it for graphing and charting, you dont use Access for that. Excel is truly an accounting program for crunching numbers, Hammerle added. Access is better at relating data, reducing data redundancy and doing your data entry. Its better for reporting purposes.

Hammerle said she is hopeful people will come away from her presentation feeling less intimidated when approaching either Access of Excel. The seminar will be designed for beginning to intermediate users, but she stressed the less-popular Access is not beyond the reach of anyone. She cited an example of her 11-year-old son using Access to sort and manage his football cards.

For more information about the event and help with registration on campus, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

The project will document the impact of the implementation of a Radio Frequency Identification (RadarFindwww.radarfind.com) system at the Southeastern Regional Medical Center in North Carolina. The hospital recently implemented the RadarFind system on more than 15 different medical devices, allowing the real-time tracking of medical equipment and updates on the devices use, location and maintenance schedule.

To apply for the program, students are asked to complete the online application as soon as possible at http: http://crl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CRL/CRL264181.pdf before submitting their MURI application form at http://crl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CRL/CRL835752.doc.

Students will receive a stipend of $3,200 for the period of June 1 through July 30. Students will be asked to travel to North Carolina for a few days and interview hospital personnel to determine if RFID system impacts care by allowing doctors to track the location of equipment to save time and reduce hoarding. Travel expenses will be covered.

Among the questions to address:

• How does the RFID equipment impact clinical engineering practice?
• How does it impact nursing care?
• How does it impact usage patterns of medical devices and behaviors?
• How does it impact accounting /patient billing?
• Can a positive return on investment be established?

Applicants must have at least a 3.0 GPA and have completed at least 12 credit hours of business curriculum. They also should be able to research the role of medical equipment in patient care, be comfortable in a clinical setting and be able to apply business principles to examine the return on investment in the system.

For more information, contact Barbara Christe at bchrist2@iupui.edu or Richard Rogers at rrogers@iupui.edu.

The school announced Jeff Smulyan, chairman of the Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp., will deliver the keynote address to the undergraduate students. Mark Roesler, an attorney with expertise in trademarks and image licensing, will address the graduate students at the event. Roesler also serves as chairman and CEO of CMG Worldwide, a global leader in image licensing and intellectual property.

The commencement is set for May 10, 2009, at the Indiana Convention Center. Graduate ceremonies begin at 11:45 a.m. and undergraduate ceremonies begin at 5 p.m.

Roesler grew up in Alexandria, Ind., and attended DePauw University before graduating with his M.B.A./J.D. from the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, part of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. He currently runs CMG Worldwide, an Indianapolis company that represents some of the best known names from the 20th Century.

Roesler began his career with Indianapolis-based Curtis Management, where he was responsible for protecting against copyright infringement. The legal work was rare during that time, allowing Roesler to grow his business substantially.

Over the next two decades, he represented the estates of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, Babe Ruth and countless other media icons, both living and dead. He testified in 1997 in the wrongful death civil suit filed against football great O.J. Simpson, which resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement to the family of his now deceased wife, Nicole Brown Simpson.

Despite having homes in Indianapolis and Beverly Hills, Roesler continues to give back to the university by hiring graduates of the law school to work at CMGs offices in Fishers, Ind., and Los Angeles. He also serves on the law schools Board of Visitors.

Smulyans company, Emmis, owns and operates media outlets in 10 major U.S. markets as well as abroad. He got his start by owning radio stations in Indianapolis (WNTS) and Omaha, Neb., which he then forged into Emmis in 1980. The company went public in 1994 and now owns 21 radio stations as well as magazines and one television station. Emmis was the first media company to simultaneously own top-rated radio stations in New York and Los Angeles (1995).

Emmis was honored in 2005 as Fortune magazines Top 100 Companies to Work For, and has been named among the top companies to work for in Indiana. Smulyan has held countless committee leadership positions in the broadcasting industry and is the past chairman of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, an economic-development consortium of CEOs from Indianas largest corporations.

For additional biographical information on Smulyan, go to emmis.com

For additional information on Roesler, go to IU Law Alumni.

For additional information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 317.274.6856.

W. Todd Roberson, a lecturer in finance, and Richard Rogers, an associate professor of accounting, recently received notification of the award. Both have a long history with Kelley Indianapolis, part of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. Roberson promotes the school by heading up the undergraduate recruitment efforts.

While Ive won departmental awards before, this is the first time Ill have the honor of being recognized by my peers across IUPUI, Roberson said. I feel very fortunate to have the support of my colleagues and students in the work that I do, and I believe that is the key contributor to any success that Ive enjoyed at the Kelley School at IUPUI.

I am completing my 28th year the Kelley School, and this is probably the nicest honor I have received in my career. It is always best to be recognized for what you love to do, Rogers said of the award.

The Trustees Teaching Award, formerly the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, is awarded annually to tenured and tenure-track faculty, clinical faculty and full-time lecturers. Winners receive a cash stipend and will be recognized at the Chancellors Honors Convocation on April 17, 2009, at the University Place Conference Center, 900 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis.

The award is designed to honor individuals who have a positive impact on learning through the direct teaching of students, especially undergraduates. Recipients must have demonstrated a sustained level of teaching excellence in the form of documented student learning and must have completed at least three years of service at their individual campus.

Roberson is a past winner of the Otteson Award for Teaching Excellence. Rogers has won numerous undergraduate and graduate student awards from the Kelley School of Business and is the 2007 recipient of GM TEP Outstanding Distance Learning Faculty Award.

For additional information and high resolution photographs, please go to Roberson Profile and Rogers Profile.

2009 COMMENCEMENT WEEK CELEBRATION

Monday, April 27 Connections Day
Two sessions: 11:45 and 12:30 / BS 2008
Your first year membership to the Alumni Association is FREE! Find out how to make it work for you.

Tuesday, April 28 Fun in the Sun
Picnic and games in the Taylor Hall courtyard (or 2nd floor of BUS/SPEA for bad weather) sponsored by KSBISG
12:00 1:30
Grab some food and enjoy the day! Challenge your professor to corn hole or ladder golf!

Wednesday, April 29 Leave your Legacy
You drink from wells you didnt dig What will your legacy be?
Visit the Blue Learning Space in the 2nd floor of BUS/SPEA to leave your legacy and learn more about how to stay in touch with the school from 10:00am - 1:00pm.
Refreshments will be served from 11:00am - 1:00pm and 5:00pm - 6:00pm.

Thursday, April 30 Roof Top Refreshments
Cake reception at 11:00am in the rooftop patio area between BUS/SPEA and UCOL.
Cake reception in 2nd floor hallway of BUS/SPEA at 7:15 for graduate students.
Cake reception in 3rd floor hallway of BUS/SPEA outside the Kelley School office at 7:15 for undergraduate students.

Friday, May 1 Kelley Day
Everyone wears a Kelley Shirt!
Mandatory meeting for undergraduates at 4pm in BS 2000.
Goodie bags for EVERYONE at the meeting!

Sunday, May 10 Commencement Ceremonies
MBA/MSA Indianapolis Convention Center, Rooms 205 -207, 11:45AM
IUPUI Indianapolis Convention Center, Exhibit Halls, 3:00PM
Undergraduate Indianapolis Convention Center, Sagamore Ballrooms 4-7, 4:45PM

Questions? Please contact Janea Marking: jmarking@iupui.edu | 274-7060

The annual award is given to one faculty member and one staff member who are considered outstanding academic mentors with a long-standing and unusual commitment to the learning process. Kinney, also an academic advisor at the business school, previously won the Student Council Advisor of the Year for 2008.

I think to be successful in any profession, you have to love what you do, Kinney said. I really enjoy working with students during challenges and successes. Being open to listening and guiding students no matter what they face on any given day is what you have to like doing in order to be a successful advisor.

Criteria for the award include the mentors cumulative impact on the lives of students, commitment to student development and the ability to project and instill enthusiasm and pride. The award recognizes the former dean of the University Division who personally encouraged achievement among students by working with them individually and helping them discover their potential growth through learning.

Maureen represents the best of what we try to offer students at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, said Associate Dean Phil Cochran. She is both highly skilled and qualified in her position and also has the compassion and understanding necessary to truly impact the lives and educational careers of students who seek her counsel.

Kinney has held her current position since January 2006. She previously served as an advisor for University College and Kelley Indianapolis and as director of first year programs for the University of Indianapolis. She also is an advisor for the KSBI Student Government and serves on many on-campus committees.

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

This event is OPEN to any Degreed or Soon-to-Be Degreed Person from any College/University.

Admission is Free.

Employers from across the nation are seeking qualified candidates in many varied occupational and industrial areas.

The Indiana Collegiate Career Fair offers your company the opportunity to meet with qualified candidates face-to-face in order to discuss current or anticipated openings within your company.

The ICCF is heavily promoted amongst the thousands of students at the Indiana state-supported four-year institutions statewide through various methods: posters, mass mailings, campus newspapers, e-mail, the web, class presentations, and other marketing methods utilized by the campus career services offices.

You will have opportunity to recruit candidates from these campuses, many other Indiana and Midwest institutions, and experienced professionals.

For more information, please visit:
uc.iupui.edu

Topics Overview

In the 21st century our society will be and is being confronted by fundamental challenges and in this new environment, businesses and public sector organizations face a daunting new imperative.

We are not lost nor are we incapable of meeting and beating these challenges, but it will require a new way of thinking and acting. What will be needed is strong leadership and level of collaboration that has not be seen before. Whether it is between private and public sectors, cultures, and governments; the time for inaction has passed, we as a society must unite against these profound challenges and meet them head on.

A Brave New World Symposium is being organized with the intent of sparking a community conversation on how to begin preparing for the challenges of the 21st century. With speakers from the private and public sectors; everyone can gain something from attending the event. All who attend should expect to leave inspired on a personal and professional level.

At IUPUI, student organizations, the administration, and faculty have already began to foster this community conversation on campus. An example of this is the collaboration between the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis - Investment Club and IUPUI Chapter - Heifer International.

Event Speakers

Scott Abbott is an authentic servant leader. Hes a business man, innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He has started companies, purchased companies, and worked with thousands of people, and hundreds of small, midsize and large organizations, including IBM, Microsoft, GE, Avnet, Intel, Apple, P&G, McDonalds, Red Cross, Aon, Oracle, HP, Eli Lilly, Amazon, and Harley Davidson.

Marleen New, with more than 25 years of experience in marketing, advertising and cause-related communications, has helped a variety of organizations create stronger and more enduring brands.

Dr. Uday Sukhatme, the IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor, serves as both the Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the Faculties. Reporting to the Chancellor, Dr. Sukhatme provides leadership for all academic units and serves as chief executive officer in the Chancellors absence.

Tickets can be obtained at: abnw.eventbrite.com

Embracing diversity in the workplace allows people to work together more effectively and better understand strengths and weaknesses of co-workers, according to J.R. Keller, a faculty member at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis and keynote speaker at the latest Main Street Institute.

Keller, an adjunct faculty member, explained to a group of about 40 Main Street Institute participants on the value of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a widely accepted personality assessment tool designed to help co-workers build better teamwork and maximize productivity.

You want to understand yourself and you want to appreciate what other people have, said Keller, who is certified to administer and analyze the MBTI.

The topic of the March 30th event was, How Understand Personality Type Can Propel Your Business. It was the latest Main Street seminar held as part of an ongoing series of workshops and training providing continuing education for small business owners in the region. The Main Street Institute is a partnership between the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.

The MBTI is based on eight personality indicators, all of which are shared by the entire population. Keller stressed that none of the indicators are better than the others, only that they help present a framework to have the types of discussions that we dont normally have.

The indicators include extraversion and introversion, sensing and intuition, thinking and feeling, and judgment and perception. The indicators measure how people process information and deal with tasks as well as individual preferences, tendencies and characteristics.

Each preference is determined by how a person deals with conflict and reacts to stimulationnot only at work but in their everyday life.

Those attending Kellers presentation participated in a lively discussion about how the MBTI can help not only managers and supervisor deal with employees but also how all staff members interact and work with one another.

This event was eye-opening and instantly enabled an understanding of how I can more effectively optimize my interactions with different personality types, both at work and at home, one participant said of the discussion.

Successfully working within the MBTI framework can help employee groups improve communications, foster teamwork, solve problems and resolve conflicts and appreciate different work and leadership styles.

While MBTI can help improve workplace harmony, Keller said it is widely discouraged to use the MBTI in the hiring process. When used improperly, the test can foster stereotypes and lead to unfair treatment of others. However, the proper use of MBTI can help your organization grow and find success.

There are all sorts of contributions (all) types can bring to the organization. One is not better than the other, Keller said. But, youve got to recognize those instead of looking at them in conflict with each other. Look at them as how we can bring them together.

The next Main Street Institute seminar is slated for Friday, May 29, when the topic will be Making the Most Out of Your Data: Choosing Between Access and Excel. The event will be held at 9 a.m. at the IUPUI University Library, 755 W. Michigan St.

For a complete listing of future Main Street events and registration information visit here: Main Street Institute

For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274-6856.

The April 15 tax deadline is just a few short weeks away, and many people may be dreading crunching those income tax numbers to get their return in on time. Kelley Indianapolis faculty member William Kulsrud says students and their parents should not be afraid to dive in and try to do simple returns themselves, although ultimately sometimes a professional is needed. Listen to Kulsrud, chair of the Master of Science and Taxation program at Kelley, explain valuable tips and advice for filing your taxes this year on this audio file download.

The first students enrolled in the new Master of Science in Taxation tract this Spring, and faculty advisors hope the program will continue to blossom as more people learn of its advantages. Long term, the goal is to graduate 30 to 40 students each year.

The 30-credit-hour program can be a quicker route to advancement for those people with an undergraduate degree looking to take the CPA exam or current CPAs or tax attorneys looking to continue their education. The MST program has only one undergraduate course requirement compared to nine prerequisites for the Master of Science in Accounting.

"We hope that this appeals more to people coming out of the undergraduate program in accounting," said Susan Cauble, one of the advisors for the program. "This (tract) will make them more competitive. They will have tax classes some other students never see."

William Kulsrud, chair of the program, said the MST will be attractive to students with diverse backgrounds but a similar interest in the tax field.

The MST is a specialized degree program designed to equip students with the highly technical and demanding skills required to provide tax and business advice in the private sector, as well as administer the tax laws in the public sector of the economy. One can think of the MST as an after-graduate law degree, Kulsrud said.

Not only is the program the only one of its kind in Indiana, it also allows the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis to set itself apart from some other metropolitan universities in the area. Midwestern cities like Chicago and Detroit have similar programs, but surrounding cities like Louisville, Ky., Columbus and Cleveland in Ohio, or St. Louis dont offer MST degrees. By establishing an MST in Indianapolis, IUPUI and the city could obtain a competitive advantage over some Midwestern cities and remain competitive with others, he said.

The program also could soon be registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, providing another substantial training certification attractive to employers hiring tax professionals.

For more information, please visit Kelley MST or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274.6856 or dhosick@iupui.edu.

Friday, April 3, 2009
Noon - 4pm
University of Chicago

No registration fee for any BIG 10 Undergraduate or Graduate student and alumni are eligible to attend.

More information at: hirebig10plus.org/bigtenpluscareerfair ]]> http://kelley.iupui.edu/ea/newsRoom/news.cfm?storyID=375 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST Meet Dr. Randal Pinkett
Its not what you know, its what you can learn.
Leadership Lessons with
Dr. Randal Pinkett
Monday, March 30th
6:00 p.m. CE 450

Sponsored by: Lead IUPUI, Multicultural Center, Office of Campus & Community Life, Black Student Union, Kelley Student Government, and the Entrepreneurship Club

For more information: http://lead.iupui.edu ]]> http://kelley.iupui.edu/ea/newsRoom/news.cfm?storyID=374 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST Health care, energy, and the environment have converged to form the 21st Century perfect storm for American business leaders. The unfolding economic crisis crystallizes the imperative of developing effective responses to the challenges presented by the three-headed beast embodied by the conference theme. Robust dialogue will provide insights on how you can weather the storm and prevail in difficult times. New York Times columnist David Brooks will moderate discussion among highly respected thought leaders leading experts on health care, climate change, and sustainability and the chief executive officers of three progressive corporations that are proactively engaging these imperatives with conference attendees to provide them with a clear understanding of the emerging new realities confronting American business, and start them on the path to finding the courage, vision, and wisdom these realities demand of us all.

Kelley students must register with a $50 check for deposit. Checks must be turned into Bloomington Alumni Office by Weds, March 3rd. Upon arrival at the conference, your check will be returned.

For more information contact:
busalum@indiana.edu
or visit Kelley Bloomington

1. What is the current business environment in China?
2. How does one begin to find a supply chain partner in China? How does one determine that the partner is a good match and is credible?
3. What are the legal issues surrounding supply chain partner negotiations?
4. What are the local business & government relationships that are important to understand?
5. What are the issues surrounding supply chain decisions?
6. How does a firm manage the financial and operating risks of a Chinese supply chain partner?
7. What lessons can be learned from past experiences?

Date & Time
March 30, 2009,
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location
IUPUI Campus Center
4th Floor 450A
420 University Blvd.,
Indianapolis

Cost
$50.00
(includes lunch & parking in the Campus Center garage)

Register Here

How Understanding Personality Type Can Propel Your Business

Join us for the next Main Street Institute, presented by UPS, where you will:

Discuss how different personality types bring unique ideas to the table
Learn how leveraging personality types can help your business achieve positive results
Discover how understanding personality type can help you recognize, avoid and handle potential conflicts in the office
Find out how you can use personality typing in the hiring process
Discussions will be based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the most
widely used and understood personality assessment tool

Presenter
J.R. Keller
Assistant Director of Internships, Career Placement Office
Adjunct Faculty Member
Indiana University, Kelley School of Business Indianapolis

Friday, March 20
9 a.m. - noon
IUPUI Library Auditorium
755 W. Michigan St.
$30 Members | $40 Non-Members

Register today!
Limited Seating.
Register online at indychamber.com or call our
Member Services Center at 317.464.2200.
No-shows will be invoiced.

GRADUATE CEREMONY

Sunday, May 10th -- 11:45am
Indianapolis Convention Center
Rooms 205-207
100 S. Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46225

MBA, MSA and Kelley Direct candidates and their guests are invited to a special Commencement ceremony. Please report in caps and gowns no later than 10:30am for check-in.

For more information, please visit the Commencement website.

UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY

Sunday, May 10th -- 5:00pm
Indianapolis Convention Center
Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
100 S. Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46225

Business candidates and their guests are invited to a post-Commencement ceremony. Please report in caps and gowns no later than 4:30pm; line up and procession will begin at 5:00pm.

Mandatory pre-Commencement meeting: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 4:00pm-5:00pm in BS2000.

For more information, please visit the Commencement website.

Network with both current MBA students and Alumni at this high-paced, high-value event. Accent on Business, personal and professional public speaking coaches, will be providing tips on How to Effectively Present your Message.

Students will give 3 minute introductions and meet others at their table. Every 15 minutes, Accent on Business will present a new tip and everyone will rotate to a new table. Table rotations will occur until 6:30pm, the last half hour is open networking.

Drinks and Snacks will be Provided. RSVP to embaa@iupui.edu.

Sign up in the Career Planning Office. There is a required $10 deposit. The deposit will be returned at the dinner. Graduate Students not registered with the Career Planning Office will be charged a non-refundable $20 fee.

For more information: CPOr

Mohan V. Tatikonda, an associate professor of operations management at IU Kelley at Indianapolis, received the Dr. L. Leslie and Mary Louise Waters Faculty Fellowship. The award honors Dr. L. Leslie Waters, a distinguished IU faculty member for more than 30 years and the creator of the IU transportation program at the IU School of Business.

These awards represent the growing tradition and talent among our faculty at IU Kelley Indianapolis, said Associate Dean Phil Cochran. These two scholars will utilize these fellowships to conduct important studies in their fields and ultimately help the university continue on its mission of excellence in education and research.

Tatikonda holds a doctorate in operations management from Boston University and masters and undergraduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

His research focuses on six sigma, product innovation and supply chain collaboration between suppliers and customers.

J. Reed Smith, a professor of accounting at IU Kelley, received the BKD, LLP Faculty Fellowship in Accounting, which is sponsored by the BKD, a top-tier accounting and advisory firm based in Springfield, Mo., that continues to support graduate and undergraduate programs at the Kelley School of Business.

Reed holds a Ph.D from Ohio State University and a masters and undergraduate degrees from the University of Tennessee.

His current research focuses on incentive problems created by information sharing in supply-chain relationships. He also is examining internal control issues related to the segregation of duties.

For more information, please contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with IU Kelley at Indianapolis, at 317-274-6856 or dhosick@iupui.edu.

Biographical information and high resolution photographs are available at:
Mohan V. Tatikonda
J. Reed Smith

$10 & a College I.D. will get you:
Pregame Seminar * $25 Pacers Ticket
College Night T-Shirt

Registration: 5:155:45 p.m.
Seminar: 5:306:30 p.m.

You will have the chance to hear from professionals working in each department. There will also be a Q & A session and a chance to turn in resumes for future opportunities with the Pacers!

For more information contact:
Megan Pippenger
317.917.2988
mpippenger@pacers.com

The Evening MBA Program at Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis will hold MBA Info/GMAT practice session on Saturday, February 21st at the Business building on the IUPUI campus, 801 West Michigan Street.

View the KelleyGrad site for more details.

Saturday, April 18th
9:00 AM on the IUPUI Campus

Entrance fee is $23.00 which helps support breast cancer research and gets you two t-shirts Komen Race for the Cure shirt and a IUPUI team shirt which will have our team name on the back.

To be included on our team, you must join under our team name which is IUPUI Kelley School of Business.

Want to help but still want to get your rest. You can also sleep in for the Cure. Simpy pay the same entrance fee of $23 and you still get both t-shirts, you just dont show up on race day.

March 20th is the last day to register.

To register, go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Click Join an Existing Team on the right side of the page and then search for Kelley School of Business

For more information contact:
Jamie: jcloughe@iupui.edu
Laura: lmwatson@iupui.edu

Explore how business knowledge can enhance your academic background, professional ambitions, social or service interests, and how this knowledge can help you segue into an exciting and opportunity-rich career. Accomplished women will reveal the new world of business and help you envision your role in it. Please take advantage of this great opportunity to enhance your career outlook and join us for the 2009 Career Lab! Hors doeuvres, snacks, and refreshments.

Attendance is FREE.

Register today!
For more information: hreisman@indiana.edu

The Tobias Lecture:
focuses on leadership in and across all sectors of the workplace
brings together thoughtful practitioners and academicians in a setting that facilitates the examination of both the vision and spirit of leadership

James MacGregor Burns is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Presidential biographer and has devoted his professional life to the study of leadership in American life. His most recent book is Running Alone: Presidential Leadership from JFK to Bush II Why It Has Failed and How We Can Fix It (Basic Books, 2007). Burns is co-editor (with George Goethals and Georgia Sorenson) of the 4 volume award winning Encyclopedia of Leadership (SAGE, 2004). In 1971, Burns won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his biography, Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom (1970). His book, Leadership, published in 1978, is still considered the seminal work in the field of leadership studies.

Burns received his doctorate in political science from Harvard, attended the London School of Economics, and taught at Williams College. Burns is a former president of the American Political Science Association, former president of the International Society of Political Psychology, and former chair of the Berkshire Country Commission Against Discrimination. Dr. Burns is a member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences and serves as Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the Academy of Leadership which bears his name at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

Tobias Lecture: James McGregor Burns Panel
Peri Arnold, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Richard Couto, Senior Scholar, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland and The Union Institute
Barbara Crosby, Associate Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Academic Co-Director of the Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota
Margaret Ferguson, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

For more information please call 317.278.2800.
or at Tobias Center

More than 150 people participated in the lively discussion on Jan. 23 in the Campus Center at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis. The distinguished panel included several supply-chain experts and faculty members of the IUKelley School of Business at Indianapolis.

The panel included Mark Frohlich, associate professor of operations management; Barbara Flynn, professor of manufacturing management; Roger Schmenner, professor of operations management; and Mohan Tatikonda, associate professor of operations and technology management.

The reality is there is wild variability that exists in supply chains, Frohlich told the audience, adding that Indianas manufacturing industry places it square in the middle of the supply chain formula.

Frohlich explained supply chains flow from suppliers to manufacturers, then on to warehouses and distributors with the ultimate stop being consumers. According to his research, the vast majority of businesses today are unsuccessful at integrating the supply chain to allow for maximum productivity. He estimated less than 10 percent of companies properly integrate their supply chain.

Flynn referenced her extensive research in the Chinese economy and how Chinese business operates using a distinct hierarchy of who controls the power. The accepted system of Guanxi, the idea of a reciprocating system of favors between business interests, is widely utilized in China.

Anytime business is exchanged in China, the person who received it is obligated to return the favor. To not do so would bring great shame on you and your business, Flynn explained.

Schmenner championed the idea of swift and even flow through supply chains, with the idea being reducing variations in quantities, quality and timing.

What is going to win the race is slow and steady, Schmenner explained. We want once in motion, always in motion.

Tatikonda closed the presentation by explaining how the Six Sigma theory of productivity affects supply-chain management. Six Sigma is a structured process to improve productivity through process improvements, redesigns and management.

By utilizing this method, used since the 1980s, companies can focus on and prioritize where improvements should be made.

There are too many opportunities for improvement in this world, and we shouldnt try to fix everything, he said.

Main Street Institute is a partnership between the IU Kelley School of Business at Indianapolis and the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Through a series of workshops and seminars, Main Street educates business leaders on the latest trends in the economy and business sectors.

The next Main Street event is slated for March 20, when the topic will be How Understanding Personality Type Can Propel Your Business.

For more information, please contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School at Indianapolis.

Indiana University Kelley School of Business invites you to an Open House near you to learn more about our graduate programs, get information about the application processes, and ask faculty chairs, program directors, and academic advisors your questions. View the KelleyGrad site for more details. Don't forget to register for GMAT practice sessions while on the site!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm Presentation at 6:00 pm
IUPUI Campus Center
420 University Blvd., Room 450
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm Presentation at 6:00 pm
Ritz Charles
12156 N. Meridian Street
Carmel, IN 46032

Orders come in a set of 250 and will cost $30. A basic IU approved template will be used for all students who order cards. You may enter your contact phone number and major on the web-based order form, but any changes to the name are subject to administrative approval and must be made in BS 3024. You may only enter one major per order but you may order more than one set of cards.

If you are interested in ordering, please visit Business Card Forms. You will pay the printing company, IKON, directly. They will be in contact with you after all orders have been placed for the semester and inform you of your payment options. All business cards must be ordered between January 15th and January 30th.

IU CIBER invites you to join us for our monthly luncheon series for Kelley Faculty

January 15, 2009 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Business/SPEA Building in Room 4032D

Roberto Garcia is a Clinical Associate Professor of International Business in the department of Management at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. He is Co-Director of the Supply Chain and Global Management Academy (MBA Program) and the faculty advisor for the International Business Society.

Businesses that understand the cultural differences among different countries are more likely to succeed in the global marketplace, according to Professor Garcia. Understanding how countries differ culturally can help ensure that anything lost in translation doesn't become a deal killer. This session will highlight Mexico's role in the global economy today. It will then take a Cultural Dimensions perspective toward helping participants understand how to increase their effectiveness in doing business in Mexico.

Join us for the next Main Street Institute, presented by UPS, to get an inside look at the latest research and information that will help you optimize your supply chain from top-ranked Kelley School of Business faculty members. At this seminar, you will learn how to build relationships with different levels of your supply chain, manage power relationships in the supply chain world and learn about efficiency techniques, including the latest strategies and trends in deploying Six Sigma methodology.

Panelists
Barbara Flynn
Director, IU Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Richard M. and Myra Louise Buskirk Professor of Manufacturing Management

Mark Frohlich
Associate Professor of Operations Management

Roger W. Schmenner
Professor of Operations Management Randall L. Tobias Chair Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor

Mohan V. Tatikonda
Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management

Friday, January 23, 8 - 11:30 a.m.
IUPUI Campus Center
420 University Blvd., Room 450
$30 Members | $40 Non-Members
$275 table of 10

Register today! Limited Seating.
Register online at indychamber.com or call our Member Services Center at 317.464.2200.
No-shows will be invoiced.

Award recipients are selected a year in advance, so this years application will be for the 2009-10 academic year awards.  The timeline for the process is as follows: 

December 1, 2008                   Online application is made available
January 31, 2009                      All application materials are due (5:00 p.m.)
April 30, 2009                          Scholarship recipients are notified of selection decision

Resumes are required, and the application gives students various options for submitting them.  See http://www.kelley.iu.edu/ugrad/admissions/scholarship/DescribeSchol.cfm?schol_id=77 for further details. 

For more information call 317.278.0506 or ksbcpo@iupui.edu

The Evening MBA Program at Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis will hold MBA Info/GMAT practice session on Saturday, January 24th at the Business building on the IUPUI campus, 801 West Michigan Street.

 View the KelleyGrad site for more details.

The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is an annual competition designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world. Students are encouraged to write thought-provoking personal essays that raise questions, single out issues and are rational arguments for ethical action. This year's Suggested Topics are as follows:

What does your own experience tell you about the relationship between politics and ethics and, in particular, what could be done to make politics more ethical? Articulate with clarity an ethical issue you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself. Carefully examine the ethical aspects or implications of a major literary work, a film or a significant piece of art. Clearly analyze the relationship between religion and ethics in today's world. How does a recent political or cultural event shed light on the ethics of rebellion/revolution?

Full-time undergraduate juniors and seniors at accredited four-year colleges and universities in the US are welcome to enter the Essay Contest. All submissions to the essay contest are judged anonymously. A distinguished committee reviews the essays and a jury that includes Elie Wiesel chooses the winners. Please note that no manuscripts will be returned and essays may not be submitted elsewhere until the awards have been announced. Winning essays become the property of The Elie Wiesel Foundation and may not be reproduced elsewhere without written permission. Printed materials are sent to previous faculty sponsors, college deans and department chairs every September. If you would like to be added to mailing list please visit the Contact Us section of the website.

For additional information, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions section of the site. The annual Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is made possible through the generosity of E. Billi Ivry & The Thaler Family.

AWARDS:  First Prize:  $5,000  Second Prize:  $2,500  Third Prize:  $1,500  Two Honorable Mentions:  $500 each

DEADLINE:  December 19, 2008
For application and information:  www.eliewieselfoundation.org

Fall 2008
The following hours will begin on Sunday, August 17, 2008

5 Minute Advising
Tuesdays 10am 1pm
Wednesdays 2pm 5pm
Thursdays 2pm 5pm
Online Advising
Sundays 6pm 9pm
Mondays 5pm 8pm
Wednesdays 9am 12Noon

The fall semester online advising and 5-Minute advising schedule will end Wednesday, December 17th.

Holiday Break Online Advising Schedule

Monday, December 22nd 1 4 pm
Tuesday, December 23rd 1 4 pm

Monday, December 29th 10 am 2 pm
Tuesday, December 30th 10 am 2 pm
Wednesday, December 31st 10 am 2 pm
Monday, January 5th 10 am 1pm
Tuesday, January 6th 1 pm 4 pm

Spring 2009

The Spring semester online advising and 5 Minute Advising schedule will resume on Sunday, January 11th.

Online Advising
Sundays 6pm 9pm
Mondays10am 1pm
Wednesdays5pm 8pm
5 Minute Advising
Tuesdays 10am 1pm
Wednesday2pm 5pm
Thursdays 2pm 5pm

The Indiana University Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI campus today announced it has awarded the 2008 ACCESS award to Indianapolis-based Brightpoint, Inc. Phil Cochran, associate dean of the Indianapolis Program for IU Kelley, will present the award during a ceremony today at 11 a.m. in the south end area of the Business School building on the second floor. Anurag Gupta, senior vice president for global strategy for Brightpoint, Inc. will accept the award.  Ken Carow, assistant professor of finance will also participate in the program.

Brightpoint, Inc. is the second-largest independent U.S. distributor of cellular phone and cell phone accessories.  It serves as an intermediary between cellular carriers such as GTE, AT&T and BellSouth, and the manufacturers of cell phone equipment and accessories such as Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola.  The company is considered a global leader in the distribution of wireless devices and in providing customized logistic services to the wireless industry.

Kelley Indianapolis is privileged to build relationships and partner with companies that offer immersive learning opportunities for our students, said Cochran. We appreciate Brightpoints commitment and dedication to educating and sharing real-world experiences with Indianas future leaders.

The ACCESS award is given to a company or organization that partners and provides outstanding and creative learning opportunities for IU Kelley students.  Award recipients have provided significant real-world learning opportunities for students in one of the nations most prestigious business programs.

Previous winners of the IU Kelley Indianapolis ACCESS award include, the Venture Club of Indiana, Rolls-Royce of North America and Carrier Corporation.

The Evening MBA Program at Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis will hold MBA Info/GMAT practice session on Saturday, November 15th at the Business building on the IUPUI campus, 801 West Michigan Street.

 View the KelleyGrad site for more details.

"All of us at Indiana University are deeply appreciative of this gift, which will have far-reaching effects for generations to come," said IU President Michael A. McRobbie. "This gift will create scholarships that will make it possible for many promising students from financially limited families to attend one of the nation's premier business schools. This is a tremendous opportunity for these deserving students."

Dan Smith, dean of the Kelley School, added, "At the Kelley School, we have long embraced diversity in all of its forms. While all aspects of diversity matter to us, Mr. Fry's support provides us with the cornerstone of a holistic approach to creating opportunities for underrepresented minority students and improving the inclusiveness of the Kelley School.

"If you are fortunate, a few times during the history of a school, a special friend comes along who provides you with the means to change the lives of many students and in the process, fundamentally changes the way you are able to compete in the marketplace. Mr. Fry is one such special friend, and his generosity will elevate the stature of the Kelley School forever," Smith said.

Initially, Fry's gift will create between five and 10 scholarships, but once the program is in full force, it will support at least 80 students. The university is providing support for the Fry Scholars Program through funds from its Matching the Promise campaign.

Fry, a native of Winamac, Ind., has made a number of significant contributions to improve life in his various communities, but he especially likes the impact that his Kelley School gift will have on young minds, and also that it will spark success among people from financially challenged environments.

He said simply that he hopes his gift will help students who "have the drive and the intelligence, but have not had the opportunity."

"I'm oriented toward trying to make the world a better place," Fry said.

"Mr. Fry's gift represents a tremendous boost to our institutional-wide efforts to expand opportunities for increasing access and persistence of underrepresented minority students," said Edwin C. Marshall, IU vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs. "The scholarships that his gift will generate will extend and support the education of many students who otherwise might not be able to attend IU, while at the same time allowing the Kelley School to compete on a level playing field with the top business schools in the country.

"To be fully competitive in today's and tomorrow's environments, IU and the Kelley School must be able to attract and educate a student body that reflects the diverse culture of our global society. Mr. Fry's generosity will help make this a reality," Marshall added.

"We are deeply grateful for Mr. Fry's vision and support," added Karen Hanson, IU Bloomington provost and executive vice president. "This gift to enhance the diversity of our student body will help us achieve a campus priority, combining excellence and equity, and we will thus be better able to serve all our students, our state and our nation. This is a transformative gift for the Kelley School and for the Bloomington campus."

Malik McCluskey, director of the Office of Diversity Initiatives at the Kelley School, added, "The Office of Diversity Initiatives, as well as the undergraduate program more generally, is very appreciative of this generous gift. Improving the access of students of color to one of the premier business programs is a top priority at Kelley. With this gift, the Kelley School takes a critical step forward in its goal of creating a diverse, inclusive and affirming environment for students of all backgrounds."

Most of the more than 440 companies that recruited and hired Kelley School graduates last year are recognizing the shifts in the demographics of their customers. According to Census Bureau projections, between 2010 and 2050 the white non-Hispanic population will grow by 18 million people, while the populations of African-Americans will grow by 25 million, that of Asian Americans by 27 million, and that of Latino Americans by 63 million.

"Companies that recruit our students are witnessing a shift in the demographics of their customers and recognize that they need employees who have a deep understanding of these customer groups," Smith said. "These firms look to the Kelley School to provide them with the talent profile necessary to be competitive. If we want to remain the school of choice for the best companies in the world, we must improve the diversity of our student body.

"Competition for strong students from historically underrepresented groups is intense," he added. "Given options among multiple highly ranked business schools, it is not uncommon to find that students often are influenced by the availability of financial support for their education. In the past, we have had limited resources that we could use in this way."

Smith said the Kelley School also is pursing private support for hiring more faculty members from underrepresented populations and to support initiatives that will improve the inclusiveness of its student culture.

While at IU, Fry was elected president of his senior class in 1958 and also of his Sigma Chi fraternity. He was active in ROTC and numerous other campus activities. After serving five years in the U.S. Army, he joined American Fletcher National Bank. After a five-year stint as a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch, Fry returned to AFNB where he remained until 1983 and ultimately became senior vice president and chief investment officer of its trust department.

After AFNB, Fry started an investment management firm, Progressive United Corp., in Indianapolis. Seven years later, he began a successful career in radio. He eventually owned five stations in Shreveport, La., which he sold in 1999. Since then, he has focused on managing his other investments.

The AICPA is pleased to offer several academic scholarships for students interested in accounting and business:

AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship - a joint program with Accountemps, awarding five $2,500 scholarships to students pursuing a degree in accounting, finance or information systems.

John L. Carey Scholarship - $5,000 scholarships for a minimum of 10 liberal arts or other non-business related degree holders preparing to enter a graduate accounting program.

AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students - financial awards of up to $5,000 for undergraduate and graduate minority accounting students.

AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students up to $12,000 for nearly 20 full-time minority doctoral students to increase the number of accounting educators who are also CPAs.

We encourage you to share this information with students, friends and colleagues!
Questions? Contact the AICPA Academic & Career Development Team at educat@aicpa.org or (919) 402-4014.

Joe Munson will be speaking at noon Thursday in room BS 4097.  Seating is limited. The cost of the luncheon is $10.00 per person and includes your choice of a New York Deli Plate (turkey, ham, or roast beef) or vegetarian meal and a beverage.  Please specify your choice of sandwich and beverage when you reserve your seat!

Note that this event qualifies as a luncheon for those seeking LIPE credit (A529).

RSVP by November 10th
Susan Cauble
sehaines@iupui.edu
274.3451

ATTENTION:  Online advising is now available for priority registration.

Please go to one of the following sites:

UNDERGRADUATE: http://kelley.iupui.edu/undergrad/academics/advising.cfm
EVENING MBA: http://kelley.iupui.edu/evemba/ProgramContactsAndForms/Advising.cfm
MSA: http://kelley.iupui.edu/msa/resources/advising.cfm

Breakfast Included! Join small and medium sized business personnel at Indy's rapidly growing seminar series - The Main Street Institute - a partnership between the Kelley School of Business and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce offering an insight on real world business issues.

When: Friday, November 14, 2008 - 9:00am to Noon
Topic: Taxes and Finances
Where: University Library Auditorium

Registration: E-mail name to jmarking@iupui.edu

The study, "Global Contests in the Production of Business Knowledge," published in the strategic management journal Long Range Planning gave high honors to the Kelley School. Authors Vincent Mangematin and Charles Baden-Fuller ranked institutions based on article counts, which were weighted by the citation impact rating of the journal in which each article appeared.

The authors considered 149 journals listed in the Thomson ISI database from 1992 to 2005, encompassing 65,000 articles by more than 54,000 authors.

The authors ranked the research impact of the Kelley School's two campuses separately. The Bloomington campus is 15th in the world and 15th in the United States. Among public schools, it is third in the world and in the nation. The Indianapolis campus is 56th in the world and 44th in the U.S.

If the Kelley School's Bloomington and Indianapolis' scores are combined, its research impact ranks third among U.S and world business schools. The combined campuses rank number one among public schools.

The purpose of the rankings is to compare production of important knowledge in the United States to other regions of the world and to forecast country- and school-level research productivity and impact.

Mangematin, a research professor at the University of Grenoble School of Management in France, and Baden-Fuller, a professor of strategy at the Cass Business School in London, concluded that European and Asian institutions are increasingly creating high-value research, and that thought leaders can now be found outside the United States. Their findings came out in February.

Daniel Smith, dean of the Kelley School of Business, observed, "The research mission of the Kelley School is central to our global reputation. Being an elite business school no longer means being the best among U.S. competitors, it means competing with institutions around the world.

"Kelley's focus on attracting the best researchers and students creates an environment that fosters research that advances theory and is highly relevant to business leaders,"Smith added.

Another recent comparison of research impact also ranked the Kelley School highly. The Social Services Research Network (SSRN) aims to allow scholars to easily communicate with each other at the lowest possible cost. Scholars can upload their publications to SSRN's Web site at no charge, making them instantly available to researchers around the world. A 2006 study of SSRN ranked the Kelley School fourth among public universities and 18th in the nation in terms of frequency of downloads for its research publications.

Patricia McDougall, the Kelley School's associate dean for faculty and research, said, "Attracting and retaining top research scholars in today's highly competitive global market requires a significant financial commitment from the university, as well as an environment that cultivates great ideas and great research. That dual commitment is what makes the Kelley School the No. 1 public business school in research impact."

Leadership Conference
Speaker: Joe Slaughter, CEO & President of Herff-Jones

Wednesday Oct. 29, 5:30-7 pm
Student Center 450A
Free Food from 5:30-6 pm

Come learn from one of Indys most successful executives!
Sponsored By: KSBI Development Team

Contact: lecarter@iupui.edu

Seating is limited!

   * Origins of the crisis
   * Implications on the economy
   * Global effects
   * Bailout Plan

Speakers from the areas of finance,
economics and public affairs

Herron 101: Basile Auditorium
Wednesday, October 15
4:30-6:00 pm

Sponsored by: Kelley School of Business, SPEA, and Liberal Arts Student Governments

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

Welcomes a guest lecturer:
Dr. Barbara Ibrahim
Director of the Gerhart Center
at The American University in Cairo

She will be sharing with us her insights on:
"Trends in Arab Philanthropy: Gulf Oil and the Emergence of New Philanthropies "

Wednesday, October 8th
4:00 5:00 pm
Lilly Auditorium
IUPUI University Library

Barbara will consult with us about our emerging programs in international philanthropy and especially philanthropic activity in Arab nations and across nations with large or strong Islamic communities, including diaspora philanthropy among Muslims in the United States and elsewhere. She will also work with us on international civic engagement, the development of nonprofit management in the Middle East, and collaboration between Indiana University and the American University in Cairo. Her visit is being sponsored by the Center on Philanthropy, the Office of International Affairs, SPEA, and the Center for Service and Learning. Please join us for this educational event!

(1) What are the origins of the current financial crisis?

(2) What are the implications of the failure of Bear Sterns , Lehman Brothers , Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and AIG for U.S. banks, the U.S. financial system and the availability of credit?

(3) What are the broader implications for the U.S. economy (inflation, unemployment, future economic growth)?

(4) What are the international repercussions of the U.S. financial crisis? Has this become a global crisis?

(5) What actions have the Treasury and the Federal Reserve taken over these last few months to address the financial problems, and why did they choose these specific actions? Will there be a need for further action? How do recent legislative proposals such as the Bailout Bill being debated in Congress seek to address problems in the housing market and the financial markets? What provisions are being sought to prevent a repeat of similar problems in the future?

The event is free and open to IUPUI students, faculty and staff.

Chief financial officers from 10 top companies gathering Oct. 3 at IU's Kelley School of Business

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has invited several people who are responsible for managing the financial risks at some of the world's top companies, including some who are its alumni, to participate in its first CFO Roundtable on Oct. 3.

Ten chief financial officers from leading companies such as Belgacom Group, Boston Scientific, Cummins Inc., John Deere, Ernst & Young LLP, FedEx, Hillenbrand and Whirlpool are coming to IU Bloomington. Thomas Linebarger, Cummins' former CFO and now its president and chief operating officer, also is expected to participate.

They'll be joined by more than 500 Kelley School students at the day-long event. Faculty from Kelley and the IU School of Law--Bloomington will moderate the 12 panel discussions.

David Greene, clinical professor of accounting at Kelley, said the CFO Roundtable will provide students with a rare opportunity to learn how finance and accounting concepts are applied at the highest levels of management.

"I think most students don't have a good idea about what chief financial officers do and the challenges they face," he acknowledged. "This event will provide our students with an understanding that what they are studying in the classroom is relevant. It will provide them with new perspectives through which they can view the problems they've been learning about, particularly through the way CFOs think and react to them and to each other.

"The CFOs may describe their careers and what is most important, and what we're expecting is there's going to be a lot of interaction with the students," he added.

The conference, sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, will include sessions about corporate governance and ethics, corporate finance, investor relations, international financial reporting standards, legal issues and career advice.

All the companies participating in the CFO Roundtable regularly recruit at Kelley. Greene said he recently added up their total revenues and came up with a figure of $100 billion.

"One of the many things that makes the Kelley School so special is the high degree of interaction our students and faculty have with the world's best business leaders," said Dan Smith, dean of the Kelley School. "The CFO conference provides an opportunity for our students and faculty to gain a first-hand understanding of the major challenges facing corporate financial leaders and for the CFOs to gain a better sense of the interests of our students. It's going to be a very worthwhile day for all involved."

In addition to the obvious benefits for students, Greene expects the program will provide much value for executives. In making preparations for the event, many CFOs told him they wanted to hear more about the issue of generational diversity.

"I polled a number of CFOs and asked them what they would find of interest. One of the things that they put on the agenda was generational diversity. The CFOs are all baby-boomers and they find they don't understand, motivate and incent Generation Y as effectively," he said. "That session is going to be as much about the students presenting to them as them presenting to the students. The idea is that they'll both come up with a better understanding of each other."

The conference also will provide CFOs with assistance in delving into academic research that they frequently may find inaccessible, and turn theoretical information into something practical.

"When I was a CFO, I ignored academic research, largely because there wasn't any easy way to access it," said Greene, who held that position at Young & Rubicam before joining the Kelley School. "In the afternoon, what we're going to do is expose them to some things that we think they don't know about. In some cases, academic research may have raised some questions about the veracity of some of the things that they believe.

"We'd like them to be more interested in academic research," he added. "They could be a wonderful source of ideas We're going to try to give them a better understanding of what the process is, in a way that will make it more user-friendly and transparent to them going forward."

Ultimately, he hopes the CFO Roundtable will demonstrate to executives how they can turn to a business school like Kelley for useful and independent information that they can use to solve problems.

Editors: Reporters are welcome to cover the sessions, but must register with George Vlahakis at 812-855-0846 or gvlahaki@indiana.edu or Lura Forcum at 812-856-1232 or lforcum@indiana.edu

Speaker:
Mark A. Roesler (MBA/JD82)
Chairman and CEO of international business and licensing agency CMG Worldwide
2008 Kelley School of Business Distinguished Entrepreneur

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
IUAA Members: $15
Non-members: $20

This event includes a tour of CMGs
museum of celebrity memorabilia and
a networking reception with a cash
bar. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided.

To register for this event, please visit:
www.kelley.iu.edu/alumni/calendar
Click on the date for this event and
fill out the registration form.

Contact:  812.853.6340

Bring Your Boss
Networking Event

October 17th, 2008

The event will be a great opportunity to network with Indianapolis business leaders!  Don't forget to bring your boss or coworker. The night will be full of professionals of all different levels and disciplines!

This fun occasion will start at 5:30 and will be held on the 4th Floor Terrace in the Campus Center.

Contact:

squayle@iupui.edu 

The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is the voice of financial management in the construction industry and the only non-profit organization dedicated to serving the construction financial professional.  Established in 1981, CFMA has more than 6,000 members and 86 chapters in major cities across the U.S. CFMA is the communications leader and premier source of education and information about those aspects of financial management unique to the construction industry. CFMA meets the needs of a broad spectrum of financial managers: CFO's, treasurers, controllers, and accountants. CFMA's General Membership represents all types of contractors, including generals and subcontractors, as well as developers, construction managers, architects, engineers, principals, and material and equipment suppliers.

CMFA of Central Indiana is THE group of individuals committed to creating opportunities and providing solutions for the construction financial manager.  Students must meet the following criteria:
a. Must have a GPA of 3.0 or better
b. Must have achieved a junior or senior status*
c. Should have expressed interest in the financial aspect of construction or a relationship in construction
d. Must be enrolled on a full-time basis*
e. Must be a U.S. citizen and Indiana resident
f. Should plan to attend our scholarship dinner meeting
* IUPUI student may be less than full-time, but must be making progress toward degree with graduation within 4 semesters.

Download flyer with further details.

Students can pick up an application in BS 3024 and they are due on October 31, 2008.

Studying Abroad in Spring 2009?  Need some extra cash?  Apply for the Victor E. Childers International Study Award!   One award in the amount of $500.00 will be given to one Kelley student studying abroad this coming spring.  Pick up an application in the Kelley Academic Programs Office, BS 3024.  Applications due, Friday, October 31, 2008.  Late applications will not be accepted.  Questions?  Contact Maureen Kinney at maukinne@iupui.edu.

Due to increasing demand for executive education provided by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, today (Sept. 9) it is announcing it has built an entirely new campus. Continue reading this story >>

Get on Top of the Bottom Line:  Finding Funds for Your Business

Meet fellow women entrepreneurs and get tips and tools for growing your business.

When:
October 24, 2008
Breakfast and Registration at 9 am
Seminar from 9:30 to 12:00

Where:
IUPUI Campus Center Room 450 A and B
420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN  46202

Registration:
events.indychamber.com
$30 Public, $10 IUPUI Students
Panel discussion with experts from National Association of Women Business Owners, M&I Bank, and Small Business Development Corporation and Kelley's Women MBA Alumni Advisory Board

Attendance is recommended for anyone involved with or interested in brand strategy and brand management:
Learn from Kelley alumni thought leaders who define cutting-edge
practices in brand management
Discover new approaches to some of todays most pressing marketing challenges
Extend your professional and personal connections to the Kelley Alumni Network
Reconnect with nationally-recognized Kelley marketing faculty
Network with current MBA marketing students meet the pipeline of future industry leaders

Check the Kelley Alumni site for more information.

Public health is a critical aspect of any communitys quality of life.  To best understand its role and effect on quality of life in Indianapolis, a web service has been developed and is being expanded to focus on just this issue.  The project, Indianapolis Quality of Life, is looking for a research assistant who understands public health issues and policy within the broader spectrum of quality of life and how it intersects with the economy, education, transportation, arts, culture, and community development. 

The research assistant will be responsible for researching data, reports, and other resources for the website, working with a team of professionals from 4 campus centers to identify and recommend potential resources, assess data for quality and applicability, analyze data and calculate indicators, work with university staff and representatives of community-based organizations to document user needs, and other tasks identified by the project management team.

The successful candidate will have the following attributes and skills:

 Applied research experience in public health and policy
 Demonstrable statistical and analytical skills
 Excellent writing and communication skills
 Ability to work on a team of professionals and balance sometimes conflicting imperatives
 Microsoft Office 2003 or later particularly Excel and Access
 Masters and PhD candidates in related field preferred. 

Other Information:
The successful candidate would work off-campus at one of the four centers collaborating on the project.  Internship includes a $4,500 scholarship.  Hours would be at least 20 per week with a preference for 30 to 40.

Please send a resume to:
Carol Rogers
Indiana Business Research Center
rogersc@iupui.edu

Logistics and supply chain management not only drive the world economy, but also offer a sustainable competitive advantage to manufacturers and distributors who rely on them. For Indiana, with its quintessential location in the heart of the Midwest, this industry has been an important economic force that provides jobs, which in turn support the local economy. It is for this reason that in June of 2007, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), an alliance of chief executive officers of major regional employers and university presidents, launched Conexus Indiana. Conexus Indiana works to develop a highly skilled manufacturing workforce, create industry collaborations to explore new business opportunities and market Indianas manufacturing and logistics strengths.

In Central Indiana alone, logistics employment is projected to grow 20 percent over the next five years - we believe that Kelley graduates will be leading this trend, and help solidify Indianas position as a global supply chain hub, Tatikonda said. Because of our geography and infrastructure, Central Indianas logistics sector is growing and creating a demand for talent that we can help meet.

To learn more about IU Kelleys Evening MBA Program or to schedule an appointment, contact Darrell Brown, manager of MBA recruitment and admissions at (317) 274-4895 or via e-mail at daebrown@iupui.edu. ]]> http://kelley.iupui.edu/ea/newsRoom/news.cfm?storyID=302 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST INDIANAPOLIS (July 28, 2008) Prof. Barbara Flynn is on the road again.  This time shes heading to Taiwan. Flynn is one of three U.S. professors selected to speak during the Second International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management in Asia Pacific Region, July 29-August 1.  She will join academics from several countries to discuss economic growth in China and other Asia-Pacific locations, and demands researchers often face when gathering and sharing data. Other conference objectives include identifying strategies for conducting research in China and the Asia-pacific region, and establishing a network of researchers who are interested in collaborating in China-based research.

Flynn is the Richard M. and Myra Louise Buskirk professor of manufacturing management at  the Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI campus.  Additionally, she is director of the Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research. On an international level, Flynn serves as co-director of an international research study of manufacturing practices in 12 countries, culminating in todays largest research database on manufacturing in the world.

Flynn has traveled extensively in the last 19 years, and has visited more than 24 countries. She earned a doctor of business administration at Indiana University and a masters of business administration from Marquette University.  Additional awards and honors include the Sisel Fellow of Operations Management, Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, 2005; Distinguished Scholar Award, Academy of Management, Operations Management Division, 2005; and the 1999 Editor of the Year, Journal of Operations Management.

The Challenge competition allows students to demonstrate their business competence, said Kenneth EA Wendeln, clinical associate professor of management at Kelley Indianapolis. The Capstone is a very real and rigorous business simulation that allows undergraduates and MBAs to compete and experience the consequences of their decisions. Its the strength of this experience that will give upcoming graduates the practical edge as they head into the workplace.

The Capstone simulation, which is created by Capsim Management Simulations, Inc., emphasizes teamwork, strategy and communication skills.

This experience taught us many important lessons, said Wilkes. We learned to adapt our strategy to the changes in the marketplace and to always be aware of what are competitors are doing.

The Kelley School of Business had 24 teams that competed in the Challenge with 9 of those finishing in the top 10 percent. Wilkes and Reyes tied for second place with a student from the Rutgers University School of Business - Camden. The first place winner was from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. ]]> http://kelley.iupui.edu/ea/newsRoom/news.cfm?storyID=300 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Dena Cox, the principal investigator on the study, earned a degree in microbiology from the University of Missouri and a masters of business administration and a doctorate from the University of Houston. A cancer researcher, she focuses on consumer research, specifically investigating how people make health care decisions. Anthony Cox earned a bachelors degree from Michigan State University and a masters of business administration and doctorate from Indiana University. He is well regarded for this research on how behavioral sciences help medical professionals better understand consumers adoption of preventive behaviors.

HPV is a common virus that infects the skin and mucous membranes. There are about 100 types of HPV of which approximately 30 spread through genital contacttypically by sexual intercourseand 15 types that can cause cervical cancer. The American Centers for Disease Control estimates that 80 percent of all women and 50 percent of men and women combined, will get one or more types of genital HPV at some point in their lives. The numbers continue to increase in low-income and minority women.

Carol DAmico, president and CEO of Conexus Indiana and Lisa Laughner, executive vice president, will begin the evening with a presentation before introducing the speakers from three leading local companies.

Steve Dwyer, chief operating officer of Rolls-Royce and Allen Novic, vice president of marketing intelligence will participate in the company presentation, panel discussion and question and answer portion of the evening. Other participants include, J. Mark Howell, president of Brightpoint Americas and Bryan Seidensticker, vice president of supply chain as well as Andrew Penca, special assistant to the president of Cummins and Steve Spaulding, supply chain executive director.

This event is part of IU Kelleys MBA Enterprise Speakers Series, said Mohan V. Tatikonda, associate professor of operations and technology management. By collaborating with Conexus-Indiana we are providing our students the opportunity to learn from some of the industrys best. ]]> http://kelley.iupui.edu/ea/newsRoom/news.cfm?storyID=297 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholarship
$2,500.00
(two scholarships available)

Application Due on Friday, August 1, 2008

The criteria for selection of scholarship recipients include:

1. Two $2,500 scholarships
2. Open to Kelley students
3. Student may be a sophomore, junior or senior
4. Student must have a minimum GPA of 3.0
5. Applicant must be an Indiana resident
6. All students may apply; however, preference will be given to students of an ethnic minority background

Please stop by Kelley School of Business main office in BS 3024 for applications.

Contact Maureen Kinney, 278-5873 / maukinne@iupui.edu for more details. 

All conditionally and unconditionally admitted MSAs are invited. Alumni should drop in as well. Spouses and significant others are welcome, but pleaseno children, pets, non-Elvis fans or livestock!

WHERE:
The Mansion at Oak Hill
Northern Beach Shelter #2
5801 E. 116th Street
Carmel, IN 46033
Map: http://www.oakhillmansion.com/pages/gen_locations.html

WHEN
Saturday, August 16th from 4:30-7:30pm
(Orientation from 3:30-4:30pm)

WHY:
To suck up to your instructors, to meet the MSA program staff and to meet other MSAs, and to hear about our new degree, the Master of Science in Taxation.  And because this is your last chance to have fun before we hold your nose to the grindstone!

WHAT ELSE:
A mandatory orientation for students starting in Summer or Fall 2008 and anyone else who has questions about their program (Schedule, LIPE, E-Mail, Registration, Oncourse). These students should arrive at 3:30 pm SHARP.

THE FINE PRINT
1. Please RSVP and tell us if you are - or are not - coming. If you are coming, tell us if there will be one or two attending.
2. RSVP to Kristina Snellenberger by Monday, AUGUST 4th. Call her at 278-3885, or email her at krisnell@iupui.edu.

Heron and Lies paper, titled Does backdating explain the stock price pattern around executive stock option grants? examined the stock price behavior around executive stock option grants before and after the 2002 implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and was instrumental in uncovering the practice of backdating executive stock option grants. Option grant backdating involves declaring that the option was granted in the past, on a date when the stock price was lower, in order to establish a lower option exercise price and covertly inflate the options value.

Heron has received multiple awards and honors for his expertise, including a Kelley School of Business Research Excellence Award and numerous teaching excellence awards. His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Business, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Analysts Journal, and the Strategic Management Journal.
Heron earned a degree in Accounting and an MBA from Western Illinois University and a doctorate in finance from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University.

The 2007 BackPack Attack was an incredible success!! Thanks to your generous contributions the drive collected over 400,000 supplies! IUPUI again collected the most supplies in the city with a record 28,000 supplies plus over $1600 in cash. The BackPack Attack also broke records with number of businesses that participated (255) and number of children served at the Back to School Fest at The Childrens Museum (2900).

Please find donation boxes located on the third and fourth floors of the business building.  If you have any questions, please email jmarking@iupui.edu.

To make a cash donation or for more information on the program and volunteer needs, visit:
http://www.backpackattackindy.org

When:   Friday, August 22, 2008  -  9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m.

Topic:   Rx for Success in Viral & Online Marketing

Where: University Library Lilly Auditorium

FREE! Student Registration (Required):  E-mail name to jmarking@iupui.edu

Non-students:  Please visit http://events.indychamber.com/sbaweb/events/events.asp?&id=729&wpid=-101&cale_id=1021&details=true&newsession=TRUE&sid=1006917380

Monday, August 18, 2008 Location:  BS 2000

5:00pm - 8:30 pm -   Pictures, Program Introduction and Welcoming Dinner with faculty.
(Business Attire)

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Location:  BS 2000

5:15pm - 8:00 pm  - Pizza and soft drink Reception, Evening MBA Program Expectations & Career Development, Current MBA Student Panel and discussion. 
(Casual attire shorts, jeans)

8:00pm - 10:00 pm  - Facilities tour with Current students followed by Cocktail Hour at Our Den with Faculty Chair  (optional).

The Disney Institute is bringing its renowned professional development program the Disney Keys to Excellence to Indianapolis at Indiana University/Purdue University on September 11th 2008. This one-day workshop will introduce participants to Disney success stories, management philosophies, and behind-the-scenes operations that have made the Walt Disney World Resort a benchmark for businesses around the world.
         
The Disney Keys program will showcase four 90-minute sessions:
 Leadership, Disney Style Discover how effective leadership has been the catalyst at Disney to drive employee/customer satisfaction and bottom-line results, from the companys inception to today.
 Management, Disney Style Examine the importance of integrating an organizations corporate culture into selection, training, and care of your employees.
 Customer Service, Disney Style Explore world-renowned Disney principles for service excellence.
 Loyalty, Disney Style Learn key practices and principles in building and sustaining loyalty that have made Disney a trusted and revered brand around the world for more than 75 years.

 The IUPUI community will receive a discount of $50 off the standard fee by using this promotional code: IUPUINWSE

Additional group discounts are available.  The program fee includes registration, program materials, continental breakfast, catered lunch, and two catered breaks.

For more information or to register: (877) 544-2384 or http://www.keysindy.com

His article entitled, "Understanding Persistently Variable Performance in plants," which was published in the International Journal of Operations & Production in 2007 was chosen by the journal's editorial team of distinguished academics and managers. According to the journal, the editorial team considered Prof. Schmenner's article "one of the most impressive pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2007."

A prolific author and theoretical solutions strategist, Schmenner has received multiple awards and honors for his expertise throughout his career, including Outstanding Faculty Award, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, Lilly Alumni Teaching Excellence Award (1991,1996, 1998, 1999, 2001), the Max Barney Executive Education Award, and as a consultant to more than 80 companies, industrial groups and numerous federal, state and local governments.

Schmenner earned both a doctorate and Master's in Philosophy from Yale University in 1973 and 1971, consecutively, and an Artium Baccalaureatus degree from Princeton in 1969.

That's why Indiana University's Kelley School of Business Alumni Association has partnered with seasonedPRO.com to produce a unique one-day event designed to advance the careers of experienced alumni and other members of the professional community.

Titled "Career Moves 2008," the event will be held on June 17 at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave. in Indianapolis. The one-day event brings together employers and alumni along with career management experts.

"It is our goal to provide continued career resources for alumni and connect them with companies in need of experienced professionals," said Rochelle Reeves, director of alumni relations in the Kelley School. "We want our alumni to know that they are part of a vast network that should be the first place they go to find opportunities, to find talent for their businesses and to build relationships."

Richard Katz, president of seasonedPRO.com, has been organizing alumni networking and career conferences for major universities since 2004. This year seasonedPRO's conference schedule has expanded to include the entire 10-campus University of California system, the Kelley School of Business and Ohio State's Fisher College of Business.

The typical alumni attendee at a Career Moves event has about 15 years of experience, an advanced degree, is currently employed and is working in a variety of industries and occupations.

The June 17 event for the Kelley School includes a unique recruiting format. Known as "speed recruiting," small groups of four to six alumni talk with potential employers every half-hour during executive roundtable meetings. Some of the featured employers at the upcoming Kelley event include Aldi, Zimmer, Nationwide, Caterpillar and Deloitte.

The conference also will feature breakout sessions on topics ranging from personal branding to working with executive recruiters. A lunch panel will be represented by successful executives on the future of employment growth in health care, business services, manufacturing, accounting, financial services, information technology and management consulting.

While the conference is primarily for Kelley School alumni, other members of the professional community are welcome to attend. Discounted registration options are available for those who register by Saturday (June 2). For more information and to register, visit the Kelley Career Moves 2008 event Web site at seasonedpro.com

Who: Philip Cochran, associate dean, Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis

When I think about my big break, it's difficult to pinpoint just one. My life has been filled with a series of small breaks that have led me to where I am today.

My first break came when I was accepted into undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT I studied aeronautical and astronautical engineering, earned a bachelor's degree and dreamed of a career as an astronaut.

Read full article: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080601/BUSINESS/806010343/1305/ARCHIVE

KSBISG was presented with the Student Council of the Year award, as well as the Co-Sponsorship of the Year award in conjunction with the Undergraduate Student Government. The award was in response to the IUPUI and University of Massachusetts basketball game on December 1, 2007, hosted at the Jungle.

Congratulations are also in order for Maureen Kinney, recipient of the Advisor of the Year award.

The awards were in recognition for the numerous achievements of KSBISG, including increased student recruitment, involvement and retention. The organization has sponsored many successful events, and continues to work diligently to achieve its goals. Congratulations to all who have contributed to the success of this organization.

For more information regarding KSBISG, please contact Jaime Clougher at 274-2147, or jcloughe@iupui.edu.

The Kelley School of Business faculty have voted to change the general education requirements (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences).  This is in effect for students admitted to Kelley for fall 2008 and after.  

Current Kelley students will stay on the old curriculum, BUT have the option to switch to this new General Education Curriculum.  If you would like to do this, please consult with a Kelley Academic Advisor to review your academic plan.  To schedule an appointment, call the Academic Programs Office at 317-274-2147.  Online advising is also available this summer:  http://kelley.iupui.edu/undergrad/academics/advising.cfm  

Please contact us if you have any other questions.

She said education has always played an important role in her life and that she hopes through this association, others can share in that importance.

"Sarah is an excellent role model for IUPUI students," said Amy Conrad Warner, vice chancellor at IUPUI. "She is passionate about her chosen career and is defying the odds. Starting her own race team shows the entrepreneurial spirit that we want all of our students to possess."

Fisher was one of the first students in the Engineering Dual Degree Program, a joint effort between Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI and Butler University. Fisher has been a helping hand with the School of Engineering and Technology as well as several units on campus and has made personal appearances to meet and talk with undergraduate students.

The Sponsorship of Sarah Fisher Racing is a collaborative effort between the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, and the IUPUI campus administration.

"This is another example of the great collaboration on the IUPUI campus," said Robert White, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

Oner Yurtseven, dean of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, will further discuss the partnership with Fisher when he formally announces a first in the nation four-year Motorsports Engineering program on Tuesday, May 20, at 12:45 p.m., during the INgear Growing Racing and Education event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (More information about the INgear event is available at http://www.indianamotorsports.org)

Fisher returns to the track today for practice after honorary starter Jon Laski, 2008 Purdue Grand Prix winner and IUPUI student, waves the green flag for the start of practice at noon.

The 2008 Indianapolis 500 is set for May 25 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's the 92nd running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing." The hallmark IndyCar Series in DIRECTV HD event will be featured through worldwide comprehensive coverage through ABC/ESPN in HD with additional coverage available on the IMS Radio Network and XM Satellite Radio. Broadcast coverage summaries will be available at http://www.indycar.com and http://www.brickyard.com.

Breakfast Included! Join small and medium sized business personnel at Indy's rapidly growing seminar series - The Main Street Institute - a partnership between the Kelley School of Business and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce offering an insight on real world business issues.

When: Friday, May 16, 2008 - 9:00a.m. to 12:00a.m.
Topic: Simply the best: How to Lead, Hire and Retain Top Talent
Breakouts: Attracting & Retaining Top Talent / Leadership for Business Success
Where: University Library Auditorium

Registration: E-mail name to jmarking@iupui.edu

Tired of Corporate America? Want to make money? Interested in starting your own business? Come to the Entrepreneurship Business Startup Workshop where you will have an opportunity to make your first $20. Learn from LIVE Business Attorneys, CPAs, Entrepreneurs, Businessmen, Faculty, and the Indiana Venture Center. This is open to all IUPUI students, staff, and faculty as well as friends and family.

When: Friday, April 18, 2008 from 3pm - 7pm.

Where: Campus Center Room #409

Price: ABSOLUTELY FREE

Benefits: Learn how to start your own business and what it takes to be your own boss and run your own company. Plus we'll have free food and business resources.

PLEASE REGISTER at http://www.eciupui.com or email David Goecke at dgoecke@iupui.edu with contact information. We need RSVP before the FREE event.

KSBISG hosts events for Kelley Students throughout the year.  Some of the events the organization has put on this year are Kelley Night Out, Jillian's Finals Blowout, Kelley Awareness Week, and Rebuilding the Wall.  Over the past year KSBISG has also participated in Jagathon and the Student Involvement Expo, as well as has sold Kelley t-shirts and sweatshirts to students.  Sounds like you want to be involved?

If you would like to participate in the Kelley Student Government, email:
Josh Fritcha @ jfritcha@iupui.edu
Madeleine Witt @ mcwitt@iupui.edu
Maureen Kinney @ maukinne@iupui.edu
Jaime Clougher @ jcloughe@iupui.edu

If you are interested in holding a position applications are currently available in BS 3024 and are due by Monday, April 21st, 2008 by 5pm to BS 3024.

We know why we love being part of Kelley but we want to know why you like it too!

The Kelley School of Business is seeking energetic and motivated Kelley students and Kelley wannabes to create a video showing us what you love about being in the neighborhood or why you want to be a part of the Kelley Neighborhood.

Put your right brain to work, grab your video camera, your friends, and make a creative video about being part of Kelley!

If creating videos is not your thing but you have great ideas, we want to hear about them too.  We understand that not everyone has the ability to make movie magic.  Please enter your ideas for a viral video and you might find yourself the winner of a great prize as well!

A panel of judgesincluding students, Kelley staff, and Creative Services staffwill select a grand prize winner and runner-up for the best video.  Additionally, there will be a grand prize for the best video idea.

The grand prize winner for the video creation will receive a brand new digital camcorder and two months of parking in the North Street Garage.  The runner-up will receive $250 Gift Card.  The grand prize winner for the best video idea will receive $150 Gift Card.

Winners will be announced at our Virtual Kelley Day Fall Event.

Questions and Submissions should be sent to ksbiweb@iupui.edu

Official Rules
Submission Form

The best part... as a fan of the business page, your information stays totally private. 
What happens on your profile stays on your profile!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indianapolis-IN/Kelley-School-of-Business-Indianapolis/10525706159

If myspace is your favorite place, add us as a friend!  Meet other Kelley neighbors, find quicklinks, stay up to date on events and receive bulletins about the most important news.  Save yourself the hassle of having to surf around by staying connected to our page.

Send us a friend request at:  www.myspace.com/ksblife

The Conference will bring together scholars and practitioners from the entire spectrum of leadership including corporate leadership, non-for-profit leadership, religious leadership, educational leadership, medical leadership, and political leadership. The Forum will explore a broad range of leadership ideas, subjects and theories including but not limited t ethical leadership, authentic leadership, transformational leadership and charismatic leadership.

For a list of speakers, more information and to register:

http://www.tobiascenter.iu.edu/conferences/multisector.html

The Association of Financial Professionals of Indiana (AFP-IN)
Two $ 2,000 scholarships will be awarded for the 2008-2009 academic year.
TMAI scholarship winners and their faculty advisors will also receive a complimentary registration to the Circle City Treasury Management Conference in Indianapolis held September 15-17, 2008, where the scholarship recipients will be honored. Scholarship funds will be distributed at the beginning of the 2008 fall semester.
Deadline: May 20, 2008

For more information or to apply for these or other scholarships, please stop by the Kelley School of Business Office, BS 3024

Over 90 employers with Full-time Professional and Internship Opportunities.  This event is open to any degreed or soon-to-be degreed person from any college.  Admission is FREE.  Employers are seeking candidates from all cultures and backgrounds.

For more information www.jobfairs.iupui.edu or 317-274-3215

This event is sponsored by Belden.
This event is hosted by Indiana University, Purdue University, Ball State University, Indiana State University and the University of Southern Indiana.

Elections will be held April 1-3 and you can have your say by going to www.iupui.edu and clicking on VOTE.

Tickets are $3 each and will be sold on the second floor of the Business/SPEA building in the Orange Learning Space.  You can also enjoy $1 hotdogs, cracker jacks and popcorn at the game!

CASH ONLY!!

The IUPUI Office of External Affairs, the Kelley School of Business, IUPUI Division of Student Life and LEAD IUPUI are pleased to invite you to attend the program without charge, but you must reserve a spot by picking up a ticket from Campus and Community Life (Campus Center 370) as seats are first come, first serve.  SEATING IS LIMITED.

IUPUI Campus Center
420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Tickets are available:

To students beginning Wednesday, March 26, 2008.

To faculty and staff beginning Wednesday, April 2, 2008.

To members of the community beginning Monday, April 7, 2008.

Will call tickets are available by emailing lead@iupui.edu at a maximum of 2 per guest.

Employers attending include: 
 Waddell and Reed
 Indiana Business Equipment
 Surrex Solutions Corp.
 Forum Credit Union
 Impact Networking
 Sherwin Williams
 Indiana Members Credit Union
 Simon Property Group
 Fastenal Company
 Emmis Communications
 eTapestry
 Monarch Beverage
 UnitedHealth Group-Food Sponsor
 Walker Information
 SM&P Utility Resources-Food Sponsor
 WestPoint Financial
 Cumulus Media Inc. 
 95.5 WFMS The Country Station
 104.5 WJJK Classic Hits
 WARM 93.9
 Buckle Inc.
 H Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 
 Fox 59/CW4
 Oak Street Funding LLC

Saturday, May 10th -- 2:00pm
Indianapolis Convention Center
500 Ballroom
100 S. Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46225

MBA, MSA and Kelley Direct candidates and their guests are invited to a special Commencement ceremony.  Please report in caps and gowns no later than 1:30pm for check-in.

Scheduled Speaker:  Joyce Rogers

For more information, please visit the Commencement website:
http://alumni.iupui.edu/commencement/2008/info.html

UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY

Sunday, May 11th -- 5:00pm
Indianapolis Convention Center
Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
100 S. Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46225

Business candidates and their guests are invited to a post-Commencement ceremony.  Please report in caps and gowns no later than 4:30pm; line up and procession will begin at 4:45pm.

Scheduled Speaker:  Charlie Smith

Mandatory pre-Commencement meeting:  Friday, May 9, 2008 at 4:00pm-5:00pm in BS2000.

For more information, please visit the Commencement website:
http://alumni.iupui.edu/commencement/2008/info.html

For questions or to volunteer:  mcwitt@iupui.edu

More on Rebuilding the Wall:  http://www.rebuildingthewall.org/Main.htm 

The bootcamp, co-hosted by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and technology trade organization TechPoint, is designed to help Indiana college students build real-world entrepreneurship skills and provide access to a network of successful business experts through a series of workshops, presentations and discussions.

"This bootcamp is an opportunity to further develop Indiana students to become key players in our states continued economic growth," said Bruce Kidd, Director of the IEDCs Small Business and Entrepreneurship Division. "Not only do we want participants to leave with practical ideas for commercializing their innovations but we want to also provide them with an avenue to directly interact with some of Indianas most successful entrepreneurs."

Nationally recognized "pitch doctor," Bill Joos, of Go to Market Consulting, will keynote the event with a presentation on strategies he has used to help entrepreneurs reach success on the start-up battlefield. In addition to Joos presentation, students will attend workshops and participate in an expert-critiqued elevator pitch contest and an interactive roundtable dinner networking opportunity.

"One of the things I find most valuable about the Collegiate Bootcamp is the opportunity to meet some of the brightest and entrepreneurial young people in Indiana," said Chris Baggott, chief executive and co-founder of Compendium Blogware. "I strongly encourage any students interested in starting their own businesses or beginning their careers in Indiana to attend this event. Theyll make invaluable business contacts and learn tips for professional success from several of the states best entrepreneurs and venture capitalists."

Baggott, a key player in ExactTargets rise as a leader in the email software industry, noted he was so impressed with one student at the 2007 event that he hired her shortly after the April 2007 event that attracted more than 300 students from 19 Indiana colleges and universities

Students attending any of Indianas colleges and universities are invited to attend the event free of cost. However, students must register for the event before the March 18 deadline. To register for the event or for more information, log on to www.indianabootcamp.org.

About TechPoint
TechPoint is the only statewide organization representing Indianas technology sector. TechPoint promotes technology-based enterprise and economic development through lobbying and government advocacy, educational and networking programs, and strategic economic development initiatives. As a part of the Central Indiana Corporate
Partnerships family of initiatives, TechPoint is a catalyst for growth in Indianas emerging technology clusters, including advanced manufacturing, logistics, life sciences, and information technology.

About IEDC
Established under Governor Mitch Daniels in 2005 to replace the former Department of Commerce, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation is governed by a 12-member board chaired by Governor Daniels. Indiana Secretary of Commerce Nathan Feltman serves as the chief executive officer of the IEDC.  Since the creation of the IEDC, the state has posted three consecutive years of record-breaking commitments for new jobs. For more information about IEDC, visit www.iedc.in.gov.

Where:  IT 152

When:  Tuesday, March 25, 2008 
            5:30pm to 6:00pm  Chick-fil-A Reception
            6:00pm to 7:30pm  Presentation

SEATING IS LIMITED, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY.

Employers Attending Include:

Waddell & Reed Advisors
Forum Credit Union
Becker CPA Review
Baldwin & Lyons
WestPoint Financial-Food Sponsor
That's Good HR
Defense Finance & Accounting Services
Simon Property Group
Northwestern Mutual 
40/86 Advisors 
Regions Bank 
Allison Transmission
National City Bank
Ameriprise Financial
Edward Jones
E. ON U.S. LLC-Food Sponsor
 

INDIANAPOLIS (February 22, 2008) NAPM-Indianapolis chapter has partnered with the Indiana University Kelley School of Business at IUPUI by making a $40,000 donation to support undergraduate student scholarships. Each scholarship, the NAPM Hauger/Wilson Scholarship for Supply-Chain Studies, consists of $10,000 over the course of two years, and is the largest single scholarship now offered to outstanding Kelley students enrolled full-time in the supply-chain management studies.

According to Mohan Tatikonda, associate professor of operations and technology management, NAPM-Indianapolis is an organization that focuses on the education and career development of both budding and experienced supply-chain and purchasing managers. NAPM expressed great interest in supporting the recently implemented new undergraduate major in supply-chain management at the Kelley School of Business.

NAPM-Indianapolis was excited to learn of the new initiative for supply-chain management within the Kelley School of Business at Indianapolis, said Anthony Welch, treasurer of NAPM -Indianapolis. The University has an established reputation for academic leadership. Additionally, IU students, professors and administrators have continued to support our organization and mission since its inception.

Kelley students receive free NAPM-Indianapolis student memberships, which includes networking opportunities with NAPM-Indianapolis members, monthly newsletters, student discounted monthly development meetings, seminars conducted by industry leaders and educational resources.

The Kelley School of Business provides students with the educational resources necessary to succeed in many industries, especially in the supply-chain management field, said Philip Cochran, associate dean for the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis programs. Here at the IUPUI campus, students are learning from faculty members who are internationally recognized researchers, while receiving real-world experience and networking with experienced corporate supply-chain professionals in the Indianapolis area.

Our missions complement each other in the promotion of transforming lives through education and professional development, said Richard Bayley, president of NAPM - Indianapolis. We are a natural fit.

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About Kelley School of Business

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country. Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA, the Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) and a full-time undergraduate program.

Response to NIU Tragedy

February 2008

Dear IUPUI Students, Faculty, and Staff:

On your behalf, I recently sent the following message to the president of Northern Illinois University:

I write on behalf of IUPUIs students, staff, and faculty to express our deep sadness over the tragedy that has struck your university community. We mourn for the young lives lost, and we grieve for the families and friends who have suffered this dreadful loss. We are terribly sorry that the NIU community, or any other campus community, has to endure the misfortune brought about by senseless violence in what should be a place of learning and discovery, free from fear of harm.

Let us all take from this awful tragedy a renewed commitment to better understanding the forces in society that would get in the way of our having a safe, humane world in which to cultivate talents, live full lives, make positive contributions to society, and leave to succeeding generations an even better place in which to learn and grow.

In keeping with that commitment, I want to let the IUPUI community know that there is a team reviewing efforts on our campus regarding safety and security procedures and responses, including counseling. Meanwhile, all IU campuses are on high alert as a result of what happened at NIU. I urge everyone to be report any suspicious persons or behavior to the IUPUI Campus Police Department at 317-274-7911.

If an emergency occurs on campus, you will want to know about it as soon as possible, so you should update your emergency contact information through OneStart. To do this:

• Log into OneStart at http://onestart.iu.edu/.
• Click the Notifications tab on the top.
• Click IU-Notify on the left. You will see your contact information. Click the appropriate link to change your information.

The IUPUI home page will always have the most current information in an emergency. There are also emergency phones available in parking garages, outside areas on campus, and hallways of some campus buildings. All emergency phones are identified by the word EMERGENCY and connect directly to the IUPUI Public Safety Dispatch Center (911).

Please make sure you are part of the IUPUI Emergency Notification Network, so that you can be informed of any safety/security issues in the most expeditious manner possible.

Charles R. Bantz, Chancellor

Campus Day presents prospective students to special informational sessions covering a variety of topics ranging from academics to student life. Academic representatives will be on-hand from IU and Purdue schools at IUPUI to discuss their wide variety of academic programs. Specialists will also be available to discuss the enrollment process, which consists of admissions, financial aid, and scholarship information. Visitors are encouraged to take a walking tour of the campus guided by IUPUI student ambassadors, as well as open tours of the housing facilities offered on campus.

Simply prepare your 3-minute personal sales pitch, also known as the elevator speech, and communicate it to individual Kelley alumni one-on-one. They will provide you with a constructive critique and coaching. You will receive feedback from each person you speak with during the hour.

Campus Center, Room 450

Box lunches will be provided for $5.

RSVP to www.kelleycareersonline.com or call the Career Placement Office at 317.278.0506.

Align your technology to your business strategy.

Successfully plan for and manage your technology investments and produce positive results.

Understand your business IT maturity.

Leverage your technology for competitive advantage.

Why a properly planned and implemented information system can yield the benefits of increased sales.

Why information security is a continual process that starts at the highest levels of management and filters down.

How information security impacts the revenue of a company in a quantifiable manner.

COST TO ATTEND: $40 Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce members; $50 non-Chamber members. Register online at mainstreetinstitute.com or for more information, contact Alane Summers, event manager, at 317-464-2213 or via email at asummers@indylink.com.

            Anton H. "Tony" George, President and CEO, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation

            Catherine A. Langham (BS80), President and Owner, Langham Logistics, Inc.

            David E. Simon (BS83), Chairman and CEO, Simon Property Group, Inc.

            Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President, and CEO, FedEx Corporation

There is no charge for Kelley School of Business faculty, professional staff, support staff, or students to attend the Business Conference.  (Support staff must receive supervisory approval to attend prior to registering.)  Kelley faculty and staff should register online at https://kelley.iu.edu/BusConf/secure/facstaff.cfm by February 19. 

Student attendance at the conference is encouraged and supported by the Deans Office.  To the extent that it is possible, please excuse students from classes in order to attend the Business Conference.  Verification of actual attendance by specific students can be provided by the Office of Alumni Relations, if needed.  Students will be receiving registration materials soon.  A deposit check, which will be returned to the student upon arrival at the registration desk on March 5, is required for student registrations.

The Business Conference provides an excellent opportunity for departments to thank alumni volunteers and others by hosting them at a reserved table for 10 people (or a half table for 5 people) at the luncheon.  (Registration for the entire conference day is included.)  Departments wishing to purchase a table at the special IU rate should do so by downloading the IU registration form at http://kelley.iu.edu/busconf/registration and returning it to the Office of Alumni Relations with a check.

Complete details about the Business Conference are available at http://kelley.iu.edu/busconf.  If you have any questions, you may contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 5-6340.

Family and friends are welcome and encouraged to join you on our team.
Visit this web address to view the team page for IUPUI - KELLEY School of Business
http://race.komenindy.org/site/TR/Race/General?team_id=20020&pg=team&fr_id=1050&et=Yz276VEePX84Plwg3pAFGQ..&s_tafId=11140 

Please feel free to contact me if you have additional questions:

Jaime Clougher
Academic Advisor
IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis
317 274 2147

IDA S. BROO SCHOLARSHIP
Ida S. Broo was the first woman CPA in the State of Indiana, the founder of ASWA, and the first president of the Indianapolis Chapter.  As one of very few women CPAs in the 1930s, Mrs. Broos application for membership in the Indiana CPA Society was originally rejected because accounting was not considered a fit career for women.  By having to fight for her membership in the State Society, Mrs. Broo came to realize the need for an organization to support and encourage women in all fields of the accounting profession.  The Indianapolis Chapter has awarded scholarships to worthy college women majoring in accounting since 1961.  The amount of this award has grown from $50 in 1961 to $1,500 in 2007. 
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, extracurricular activities, career goals, financial need and personal circumstances.

MARY LINDLEY WELLS SCHOLARSHIP
Mary Lindley Wells taught high school business education in the Crawfordsville, Indiana area for approximately 40 years.  She remained committed to education, especially the education of women throughout her lifetime.  To honor Mrs. Wells lifetime commitment to education, this fund was created in her memory with a generous initial donation from her two daughters.  The first Mary Lindley Wells Scholarship of $750 was awarded in 2001, with $500 being awarded in 2007.  Preference for this award is given to nontraditional women college accounting students, those returning to the workforce and women pursuing careers in accounting education.

Applicants for these scholarships shall meet the following requirements:

         Shall be pursuing a degree in accounting.
         Shall be in her junior or senior year of study.
         Shall be attending an accredited college, university or professional school of accounting in the Indianapolis area, which includes Marion County and the immediately surrounding counties.

This highly interactive program features practical tips and advice from some of the best entrepreneurs and investors in Indiana, as well as renowned business coach Bill Joos, Principal at Silicon Valley-based Go to Market Consulting.

The Bootcamp teaches students the art and science of creating and managing a high growth venture. Joos will put participants through the paces of business positioning, refining the elevator pitch, and avoiding the most common business planning mistakes.

The program will conclude with interactive round tables at dinner where groups of students will have the opportunity to get feedback on their big idea as well as network with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. The dinner will also provide an opportunity for 10-15 students to pitch their big idea and receive immediate and candid feedback from a panel of investors. The top pitches will win $1,000, $500, or $250.

All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to attend at no cost thanks to the generous support of Indiana Secondary Market for Education Loans (www.ismloans.org). Universities may register attendees by visiting www.indianabootcamp.org and clicking on the ENLIST tab.

AGENDA

1:30 - 2:00 Registration

2:00 - 2:15 Welcome

2:15 - 2:45 The Ten Biggest Mistakes in Business Plan Writing

2:45 - 3:15 Perfecting Your Pitch

3:15 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 4:15 War Stories: Veteran Entrepreneurs Share their Keys to Success

4:15 - 5:00 Show Me the $$$: Engaging Angel Investors and Venture Capital

5:00 - 5:30 Marketing Strategies in the New Economy

5:30 - 6:00 Break

6:00 - 7:00 Interactive Roundtable Dinner

Each student table will host one guest expert. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with some of Indianas top entrepreneurs, ANGEL Investors and Venture Capitalists

7:00 - 8:00 Putting Your Big Idea to the Test

Students give a 60 second Elevator Pitch before a panel of entrepreneurs and investors, plus a live audience of 400 students. Prize money will be awarded for the three best ideas.

Dr. Robert Greenleaf passed away peacefully, his family with him, on January 25th, 2008. Dr. Greenleaf was a respected professor (Emeritus) of Business & Finance at the Graduate School of Business at IU and IUPUI during which time he was an author of books and articles still used today. Bob was a member of Psi Iota Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa at New York University and earned his PhD at the Indiana University School of Business. His varied careers included the U.S. Navy, electrical engineering, flour milling, and farming. He was past Exalted Ruler of the Elks Club, and Elder of the Greensburg, IN, Presbyterian Church. He was a published author of crossword puzzles, as well as a member of the University Club of Indianapolis, the Ensemble Music Society (past president), the Economic Club of Indianapolis, the Dramatic Club, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Civic Theater, and the Woodstock Club. He was honored by Governor Robert Orr with the Sagamore of the Wabash Award. He was passionate about the Atlantic Ocean and maritime history, as well as reading and sharing books, music, animals, and traveling. He is survived and will be forever loved by his wife, 5 children, 7 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and many cousins. The family will hold a private service. Memorial contributions can be made to the Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis, P.O. Box 40188, Indianapolis, IN 46240 (or www.ensemblemusic.org).

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is an international professional association that consists of more than 130,000 members. The IIA is globally recognized as the leader in guidance, certification, education and research for professionals in the internal auditing industry.

The IU Kelley School of Business at Indianapolis provides students with the education and practical knowledge needed to be successful in the accounting profession. Accounting professionals provide three main types of service: independent auditing, financial and management consulting and preparing tax returns or offering tax advice to companies and individuals.

Internal auditing is a profession involved in advising organizations on how to better accomplish business objectives. Internal auditors utilize a systematic approach to analyze the structure of businesses and to identify any problem areas while offering solutions to those problems. The scope of work for an internal auditor may include examination of operations, financial reporting, laws and regulation compliance and deterring and investigating fraud.

This recognition and approval identifies the IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI as a forward thinking school that emphasizes the importance of the internal auditing profession as a top career choice.

IU Kelley School of Business at Indianapolis is to be commended for bringing the internal auditing education to its academic curriculum in order to prepare future internal auditors, wrote Veronica Johnson, director of academic relations for IIA.

As an entry level program school, universities are entitled to a resource library, teaching resources such as case studies, PowerPoint presentations and other speaker notes, as well as assistance in identifying guest speakers provided by the IIA.  IU Kelley School of Business at Indianapolis will also be listed on the IIA academic relations web page.

We are truly honored to be a part of such a highly respected institute, said Eric Johnson, professor of accounting at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Internal auditing is a rapid-growing specialty area and the demand for internal auditing professionals has dramatically increased. Its the Kelley School of Business goal to assist in nurturing the minds of our future accounting leaders.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States.  Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

When:   Friday, February 8, 2008  -  8:00a.m. to 11:00a.m.

Topic:   Ever Changing Technology (1) Enterprise Management Systems (2) Information Security

Where: University Library Auditorium

Registration (Required):  E-mail name to jmarking@iupui.edu

Assignments for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Thur, Jan 24^th from 4-5pm

(New) Campus Center, Room 309

Food will be served

Harlon Wilson, Informatics Alumnus; and Founder, President, & CEO of Medical Animatics, LLC, will be speaking on campus this Thursday as part of the Rotaract Speaker Series.

Mr. Wilson will present From Student to Startup: Assignments for Aspiring Entrepreneurs and will share his personal story of turning classes, textbooks, homework, and relationships into the building blocks of starting a small business.

If you are interested in taking your Informatics skills and creating a small business when you graduate, this should be an interesting session for you to hear. 

More information: http://www.iupuirotaract.org/speakers/harlon.pdf

Admission is free, and you are encouraged to bring a friend; however, we do ask that you RSVP by emailing rotary@iupui.edu. 

The number and amount of scholarships awarded in 2008 will be determined by the Scholarship Selection Committee.  No award will be less than $1,000 for one year of study.

The deadline for submitting completed applications to the Heritage Fund is 4:00 p.m., February 15, 2008.  Applications are available at the foundations website at www.heritagefundbc.org.  For questions please contact the Heritage Fund Scholarship Manager at sshaw@heritagefundbc.org or by phone at 812-376-7772.

 This scholarship is administered by Heritage Fund the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County.  It was established by Mrs. Lauthers estate.  Mr. & Mrs. Lauther lived in Columbus for many years.  Mr. Lauther was a former president of Irwin Union Bank & Trust Co.

                Make your summer/fall schedule advising appointment early to miss this down time.

                More information as the time gets closer.

                Orders come in a set of 250 and will cost $30.  A basic, IU approved template will be used for all students who order cards.  You may enter your contact phone number and major on the web-based order form, but any changes to the name are subject to administrative approval and must be made in BS 3024.  You may only enter one major per order but you may order more than one set of cards.

                If you are interested in ordering, please visit http://kelley.iupui.edu/forms/buscard-home.aspx.  You will pay the printing company, IKON, directly.  They will be in contact with you after all orders have been placed for the semester and inform you of your payment options.

All business cards must be ordered between January 16^th and February 8^th.

Moving Forward: Leadership, Innovation, and the Changing Environment of Business

                What is the Emerging Leaders Conference?

The Emerging Leaders Conference offers top business students from around the country an excellent opportunity to network, share information about their varied programs, and meet executives from a variety of business fields.

                The weekend will consist of a variety of small group discussions where students can interact with and learn from the participating executives. In addition to the small group discussions, two featured speakers will address the entire conference each day. The conference will feature about 120 students from the top business schools in the country.

                When and where is the Emerging Leaders Conference?

This annual conference will be held at the University of Florida, Gainesville from Thursday, February 28 - Sunday, March 2, 2008.

                What is the cost?

The registration fee for the conference is $175.00 per student.  The expenses for the trip will be paid by the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis (KSBI) including travel and hotel.

                How many and who will be attending?

The Kelley School of Business Indianapolis intends to select and send four students to the Emerging Leaders Conference.  We will send two women and two men from KSBI.

How do I apply?

Applications are available in BS 3024.  Applications are due by Monday, January 28 by 5pm to BS 3024.

For additional information about the conference (including conference schedule) please visit the following link:

http://www.cba.ufl.edu/upb/pdp/elc/

                If you have additional questions please feel free to contact Jaime Clougher, jcloughe@iupui.edu or Maureen Kinney, maukinne@iupui.edu

Click here to find out more information and to register.

During the holidays online Advising will be available:
Thursday, December 27th and Monday, December 31st:  10am 2pm

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can apply to IU at Oxford?
Juniors or seniors from any IU program with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
What about lodging?
You will have a private bedroom in a traditional student flat, conveniently located within walking distance of classes, restaurants and cultural activities.
How will meals work?
Your program price includes 13 weekday meals (5 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 3 dinners). Meals will be provided by a variety of local establishments, including traditional British fare, Indian, Thai, Lebanese and the occasional Chinese or pizza take out. During weekend field trips, some additional group meals will be provided. We'll cap off your last day of the program with a high-table banquet at one of Oxford's famed dining halls.
Will there be supervision?
Kenneth Richards, program director, and Stephanie Hayes Richards, associate director, will reside on-site for the duration of the program. Your well-being is their priority.
What does IU at Oxford cost?
The program is reasonably priced at $4,419 for in-state students and $5,989 for out-of-state students. Program pricing includes tuition, housing, most meals, health insurance, weekly field trips and a 30-day bus pass.

IUPUI will help pay college expenses for every eligible incoming freshman who has received a state 21st Century Scholar award or a federal Pell grant, beginning in the fall of 2008, IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz announced today.  Read more.

The curriculum is part of the Hoosier Fellows program that rose from Indiana University's Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence. A financial contribution from the former CEO of Eli Lilly and Co. launched the center in 2004.

Carol Madison, the center's director of programs, came aboard a year later. In 2006, Hoosier Fellows graduated its first class, consisting of 14 members. One of those was Jim Pearson, president of locally based Suros Surgical Systems Inc., a medical-device company.

"We got to look at leadership, whether it was [with] a monk or a general," he said. "It shows you that leadership, in essence, is all the same, no matter what community you're in."

There are 24 participating in the program this year and 18 enrolled in 2008. Class size purposely is small and diverse, not necessarily in terms of race and gender but rather by profession. The corporate, education, government and not-for-profit sectors are well represented.

"It's different than going to Conseco Fieldhouse and being motivated with thousands of people," Madison said in reference to the mass Zig Zigler assemblies. "We're taking people who have a proven track record and making them even better."

Judging from Madison's office, she's an understudy as well. Her bookcase is adorned with several autobiographies in which leadership is the central topic. John Wooden's "On Leadership," Jack Welch's "Winning" and Dan Quayle's "Standing Firm" are among the selections.

Unlike similar programs that promote involvement in community affairs, such as the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, the focus of Hoosier Fellows is confined to the workplace.

Applicants are not subject to an interviewing process but can be rejected based on the program's efforts to achieve balance. The $10,000 fee supports related expenses. A discount is available to notfor-profits.

Candidates who are accepted undergo a leadership analysis conducted by an industrial organizational psychologist. The assessment measures skills and abilities in areas that are key to leadership. Participants are provided a 10- to 15-page report, based on the results, to help them create a professional development plan.

Follow-up meetings are held at the middle and end of the year, in addition to peermentoring sessions, said Philip Cochran, director of the Tobias Center and associate dean of the IU Kelley School of Business.

"If they're the only person at that level, there's no subordinates to talk to," he said. "There's a circle of trust. People are quite open with their successes and their failures."

Pearson at Suros concurred. He said the experience exposed participants to differing views they otherwise would have never considered, enabling them to broaden their perspectives.

Yet the cornerstones of the program are the lectures and trips. It drew Joanne Ciul- la, one of the founding faculty members of the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership, to the Nov. 16 gathering. The Fellows meet January through December, excluding the summer months of July and August.

A trip to the University of Notre Dame in South Bend is part of the annual itinerary. There, participants meet with the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, the 90-year-old former university president who shares his knowledge on international leadership. He has held 16 presidential appointments and served four popes. In 2000, he became the first person from higher education to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

But perhaps the most intriguing trek is to Fort Knox. Last year's visit had Fellows playing the role of Iraqi civilians to help train troops for their deployment to the war-torn country. In the evening, they slept on the ground at a bivouac site until about 5:30 a.m. They then ate their MREs before shuffling off to a leadership course that involved outdoor training exercises.

"This sort of opportunity is fascinating with any group," said the Rev. Brent Wright of Jamestown United Methodist Church, "but sharing the experience with friends from across the spectrum of fields was particularly rich."

A trip to Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh had taken Fort Knox's place this year, until the class convinced Madison to schedule Fort Knox as an extra excursion. Class members had heard so much about the role-playing-so intense that some Fellows complained they should have been warned-that this year's contingent wanted to see for themselves.

The next group that convenes in January will be exposed to leadership in the arts, and how a corporation isn't that much different from an opera or orchestra. Specifically, acquisitions often force employees unfamiliar with one another to work together, Madison said, much like what occurs among performers cast in a production.

For Sid Norton, his involvement in Hoosier Fellows could not have come at a more ideal time. He had just transferred from the state Office of Management and Budget to become CFO of the Family and Social Services Administration.

The program gave him the confidence to make the transition and leadership models to apply to the department.

"The whole thing was an impressive experience," Norton said. "I won't forget it."

Classes at Carmel's Community Life and Learning Center (such as the one above) are offered by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis. - Alan Petersime / The Star file photo
 
The master's in business administration courses offered at Community Life and Learning Center, 515 E. Main St., are five minutes from her job as a community relations assistant for the city.

"My undergrad degree was not business-related, and I felt like I had learned some of the practical aspects of business," she said. "The credit that people give to having an MBA helps you advance."

With the aid of her employer's tuition reimbursement plan, Krcmery will balance four classes two nights a week with her 40-hour a week job for three years to earn her degree.

"It's really challenging. I'm hoping that it may turn into an advancement opportunity with my employer," said Krcmery. "The time constraints have been the most challenging."

Krcmery is a perfect example of the type of students who are taking classes at IU's Kelley School of Business, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and IU-Purdue University Indianapolis -- all three of which offer courses in the learning center.

Earlier this month, a group of local residents, business and education leaders calling themselves the Hamilton County Higher Education Initiative asked the County Council for funding to create an educational campus that would house numerous higher education institutions in the area.
The group says it has no intention of starting a college, but it wants to attract established universities to set up satellite locations in a larger facility. The project would take about 20 years to complete.

For now, students wishing to go to Ivy Tech for an associate's degree can take courses at the Carmel site and transfer those credits toward a bachelor's degree at IUPUI. And students wishing to get an MBA can take part-time courses at the Kelley School.

There's a reason the schools are attracted to the Carmel site, said Phillip T. Powell, faculty chairman of IU's evening MBA programs in Carmel.

"Because in many ways, it is the economic epicenter in Central Indiana," he said. "Most of the high-paying professional jobs and a lot of growth is happening in Hamilton County."
Buyouts, layoffs, more pay or a change in profession are causing many people to return to college.

"The majority of students here are looking for second or third careers," said Ivy Tech Chancellor Hank Dunn. "It's happening for us because of our low cost and our accessibility."
Ivy Tech's Carmel site, which opened in 1995, started with 53 students. That number has since swelled to 1,800.

There are 45 students enrolled in the MBA program at Carmel.

IUPUI has the second-highest enrollment of students in the community center with 340 full-time and part-time.

"Hamilton County is our No. 1 supplier of undergraduate students, along with Hendricks and Johnson counties," said James Johnson, director of IUPUI's Academic Program Initiatives.

As vice chancellor, Martin's responsibilities at IUPUI have included overseeing the administrative and financial operations of the campus, along with directing various units, including the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Prior to retiring in early 2008, Martin will take accumulated vacation time.

Effective Nov. 1, 2007, and until the search for Martin's successor is completed, Roger W. Schmenner, who currently serves as chief of staff in the Chancellor's Office, will assume responsibility for financial and administration matters other than real estate issues.

Vice Chancellor Martin will retain responsibility for real estate matters until further notice.

Bantz also announced that the reporting line for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will move from the vice chancellor's office to the Chancellor's office. Athletic Director Michael Moore will report directly to Chancellor Bantz, with Chief of Staff Roger Schmenner providing day-to-day oversight.

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Appetizers and a cash bar will be available.  Dress is business casual.

Feel free to bring significant others or friends!

Hope to see everyone there!

Evening MBA Association

Click here for more information.

"Informatics is playing a crucial role in life sciences research and practice, in areas ranging from the use of bioinformatics to understand human genetics to the role of health informatics in maintaining patient information," added Robert Schnabel, dean of the IU School of Informatics. "The School of Informatics is delighted to be one of Indiana's participants in preparing students for work in these exciting fields and in working collaboratively with the Indiana life sciences corporate community."

The Sept. 21 program will begin with remarks from Brad Wheeler, IU vice president for information technology; Marcus Chandler, a partner in Barnes and Thornburg LLP, chair of the Global Services Practice Group and the Entrepreneurial Services Group; and Schnabel.

Michael A. Evans, president and chief executive officer of AIT Laboratories, will present the keynote address and discuss how informatics is at the heart of the operation and success of his Indianapolis company.

He will be followed by a panel discussion on how informatics is being employed in other life science business applications. The panel will be moderated by A. Keith Dunker, director of the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics in the IU School of Medicine and director of the Bioinformatics Program in the IU School of Informatics.

Other panelists will be Derek L. Faughn, vice president of information management, Mead Johnson Nutritionals; Neil V. Kirby of Discovery Information Management at Dow Agrosciences LLC; Donald E. Knebel, chair of the BTech Practice Group and co-chair of the Intellectual Property Department at Barnes and Thornburg LLP; Julie A. Meek, executive vice president and chief operating officer of CareGuide; and Peter J. Norder, executive vice president of Medical Informatics Engineering.

In addition to organizing the workshop series, the Kelley School operates a Web site at www.kelley.iu.edu/lifesc that includes research studies by Kelley faculty, MBA students and industry professionals about various segments of life science industries and the challenges presented.

Other partners in the Indiana LifeSC Initiative include Baker and Daniels LLP; Barnes and Thornburg LLP; BioCrossroads; Bloomington Life Sciences Partnership; Cook Medical; Ice Miller LLP; Indiana Economic Development Corp.; Indiana Health Industry Forum; Indy Partnership; Indiana Biotech Entrepreneurship Network; IU Center for International Business Education and Research; IU College of Arts and Sciences; IU School of Informatics; IU School of Medicine; IU Research and Technology Corp.; Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Kelley-Indianapolis' Evening MBA Program, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois; Northeast Indiana Innovation Center; and Sommer Barnard PC.

In this role, Patel is the highest-paid female in city and county government.

For Kelley officials, Patels success is emblematic of the achievements of thousands of graduates of the nationally-ranked business school around the world.  The majority of graduates of Kelleys Indianapolis campus at IUPUI stay in Central Indiana, providing one antidote to the regions often-cited brain drain.

Shitals achievements are a testament to her hard work and talents, with her Kelley education as a valuable tool, said Roger Schmenner, Associate Dean for Kelleys Indianapolis programs.  We often tell our current and potential students about the doors that their education will open, the professional and financial success it will allow them to gain.  Success stories like Shital Patels lend weight to our words, and to the statistics that support them.

The article, Where to Find Good, Cheap Tech Help, points out Most small business owners cant afford consultants or an IT staff.  For tech support, they draw on other resources  The piece goes on to explore potential sources of advice and information, and highlights the Kelley Indianapolis class project as a model of a productive academic partnership, specifically mentioning Johnsons work with local company Indianapolis Appraisal Associates, Inc.

Its great to have the classes work recognized by the Wall Street Journal the article points out a real challenge that small companies face, said Johnson.  Large corporations have internal IT departments and consultants to deal with information security issues. Smaller firms dont have the resources and end up taking an ad hoc approach or worse, no approach at all.

Johnsons class focuses specifically on security issues safeguarding data, computer resources, and protecting companies from legal liabilities that come with the use of telecommunications and information technology.  As part of the course, teams of 3-4 students met with local companies like Indianapolis Appraisal Associates and worked with management over the course of the Spring 2007 semester.  The teams focused on issues like acceptable use and anti-virus policies, database security, e-mail use guidelines, server security and more.

The project was met with enthusiasm by the small business community and paid off in valuable hands-on experience for the students as well; Johnson intends to repeat the project next year.

Its really a win-win, Johnson finished.  We all know that small business is the lifeblood of Central Indianas economy, and were pitching in to help them succeed.  At the same time, were exposing Kelley students to real-world experience outside the classroom.

The Wall Street Journal article can also be viewed online by visiting http://www.startupjournal.com/runbusiness/relationships/ and clicking on the title.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States.  Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

In this role, Patel is the highest-paid female in city and county government.

For Kelley officials, Patels success is emblematic of the achievements of thousands of graduates of the nationally-ranked business school around the world.  The majority of graduates of Kelleys Indianapolis campus at IUPUI stay in Central Indiana, providing one antidote to the regions often-cited brain drain.

Shitals achievements are a testament to her hard work and talents, with her Kelley education as a valuable tool, said Roger Schmenner, Associate Dean for Kelleys Indianapolis programs.  We often tell our current and potential students about the doors that their education will open, the professional and financial success it will allow them to gain.  Success stories like Shital Patels lend weight to our words, and to the statistics that support them.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States.  Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

At least 800 of AIB's 3,300 members will attend from more than 40 countries. Members include scholars from the leading global academic institutions as well as consultants, researchers and NGO representatives.

Next year, the meeting moves back across the Atlantic to Milan, Italy.

Among the presenters this year will be Douglass Cecil North, the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in Saint Louis. He is the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and one of the founders of the "new institutional economics."

"These are faculty who teach primarily in schools of business from around the world," said Marjorie Lyles, the OneAmerica Chair in Business Administration and professor of international strategic management at Kelley-Indianapolis. She also is local arrangements committee chair for the meeting. "They teach the current business leaders of their countries. They are teaching the future business leaders of their countries," she said.

"The fact that they are coming to Indiana is pretty amazing. It's one of the few times that Indianapolis and Indiana has hosted an international group of this size, particularly one that is this business oriented. It speaks to the strong international reputation of the Kelley School of Business that we have been chosen to host this year's meeting," said Lyles.

While the majority of the sessions will feature presentations of research papers, Lyles said Indiana business people may find some portions of the conference of interest.

Tim Solso, Cummins' chairman and chief executive officer, will speak on June 27 and will receive the International Executive of the Year award. James T. Morris, a Hoosier and former executive director of the United National World Food Programme, will speak on June 26 in conjunction with the Tobias Center for Excellence in Leadership speaker series.

One presentation in particular -- "Sport Business and Sport: Facing the Challenges of Internationalization" -- will be of local interest. The session, which will focus on motorsports, will include Joie Chitwood III, president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and faculty from the University of London, Universit Laval and the University of Adelaide.

"The Kelley School has long been a leader in international business education," said Dan Smith, dean of the Kelley School. "This is the world's premiere international business conference. It is indeed an honor for us to host the event. The featured speakers, Jim Morris and Nobel Prize recipient Douglass North, are superb and will provide tremendous insight on the challenges and opportunities posed by the rapidly changing international environment. It will be an informative program with something for everyone interested in global business."

All participants in the AIB conference have to be registered members of the Academy of International Business. More information is available online at http://aib.msu.edu/events/2007/.
 
Several Kelley School faculty members and doctoral students will present at the meeting. They include Lyles; Alan Rugman, the L. Leslie Waters Chair in International Business and AIB's president in 2004-06; Dan Li, assistant professor of international business; Patricia McDougall, associate dean of faculty and research at the Kelley School and professor of strategic management; and Charles Dhanaraj, associate professor of management. Ball State and Purdue universities also will be represented at the conference.

The 2007 AIB conference, "Bring the Country Back In: The Importance of Local Knowledge in a Global Economy," will be held at the Westin Hotel Indianapolis, 50 S. Capitol Ave. A highlight will be a gala celebration on June 27 at the Eiteljorg Museum.

The conference will conclude with a reception to honor the recipient of the Journal of International Business Studies Decade Award, which goes to the most influential paper published in that publication 10 years ago.

"This is a tremendous recognition for the quality and innovativeness of someone's work," said Lyles, who received the award last year. She is one of three Kelley faculty members who have received this honor.

Sponsors of the conference are the Kelley School of Business, and its journal, the Kelly School's Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence, Business Horizons, Cummins Inc., Deloitte, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, BAA, Vis--vis and Simply Hospitality.

Established in 1959, AIB has 3,335 members in 74 different countries. Members include scholars from the leading global academic institutions as well consultants, researchers and NGO representatives. The academy has 13 chapters around the world to facilitate networking and the exchange of knowledge at local levels.

Cochran is director of the Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence and will retain those responsibilities while serving as associate dean.

He succeeds Roger Schmenner, who led Kelley's Indianapolis programs for nine years and who will assume the Tobias Chair and assist IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz with special projects. The changes take effect Aug. 15.

Cochran also holds the Binford Chair in Corporate Citizenship. He joined the Kelley School in 2003, coming from the Smeal College of Business Administration at Penn State University, where he served as director of the Center for the Study of Business and Public Issues and director of the G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics.

"Professor Cochran brings to the position his knowledge of the Kelley School combined with a fresh perspective based on his 25 years of experience at Penn State," said Dan Smith, dean of the Kelley School. "Phil is well integrated into the Indianapolis business community through his work with the Tobias Center on Leadership Excellence, which is an added plus from the standpoint of development and advancing the contributions of the Kelley School within Central Indiana."

Smith said he looks forward to working with Cochran as the school elevates its corporate outreach efforts in Indianapolis, strengthens the overall presence of its programs that serve Central Indiana, and continues to advance its national and international reputation as a source of research-based cutting-edge knowledge.

"He will do a great job building on the strong momentum we have from Roger Schmenner's nine years of distinguished leadership," Smith said.

IUPUI Chancellor Bantz added, "Roger Schmenner is a great leader, scholar and teacher. He has taught me and countless others about creating world-class production processes. He will continue teaching and conducting research, but also will contribute to the entire campus by helping improve campus and school operations."

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States. Kelley's Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the school's Evening M.B.A., Kelley Direct and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

Both graduate and undergraduate ceremonies will be held on Sunday, May 13 at the Indiana Convention Center.  The Evening MBA/MPA/MS ceremony will be held at 10:00am in the Wabash Room; the undergraduate ceremony will be held at 12:30pm in Sagamore Ballrooms 4-7.

Addressing the graduate ceremony will be Keith Faller, recently retired President and CEO of Wellpoint/Anthem Insurance Midwest Region, which serves over 5.6 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield policyholders.  Faller has been with Anthem and Wellpoint since 1970, and has held a number of key leadership positions within the company.  He is also active in the community, serving as Chairman of the Orchard School Board of Trustees, on the Griffith Foundation and a number of other philanthropic efforts.

Speaking at the undergraduate ceremony will be Lisa Laughner, who currently serves as Vice-President of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), leading that organizations economic development efforts focused on advanced manufacturing and logistics.  Before joining CICP, Laughner spent 20+ years in the manufacturing sector, including a tenure as Vice-President of Corporate Ventures for Rolls-Royce North America, where she helped launch new spin-out companies from the companys patent portfolio. 

Both Faller and Laughner serve on the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis Board of Visitors.

More details on the 2007 commencement ceremonies can be found at www.kelley.iupui.edu.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States.  Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

"Roger Schmenner is a great leader, scholar, and teacher. He has taught me and countless others about creating world-class production processes. He will continue teaching and research, but also will contribute to the entire campus by helping improve campus and school operations," said IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz.

A world-renowned expert in the field of operations management, Schmenner is a past co-director of the IU Center for International Business Education & Research. Schmenner, who taught at Duke, Harvard and Yale universities, has won multiple awards for outstanding teaching, from Duke and from the Kelley School.

Schmenner's ability to apply theoretical solutions to real-world problems for manufacturing and service firms has made him a valuable resource both in Indianapolis, throughout the state and beyond. He has put his expertise to use as a consultant with more than 80 companies and other groups.

Among his many accomplishments as dean during the past 9 years are:

Oversaw the creation and development of Kelley Direct, now a program with over 1000 students and at least 10 corporate partnerships;

Oversaw the creation of the Masters of Professional Accountancy (MPA) to better meet the needs of the business community;

Responsible for the creation and success of the School's Career Placement Office;

Created the Kelley Indianapolis Board of Visitors, an advisory board made up of a number of highly placed Indiana Business leaders;

Oversaw the creation of the School's Main Street initiative and its relationship with the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce;

With his support the School now offers joint MBA degrees with the Schools of Medicine, Engineering and Technology, and Science, in addition to the long-standing joint degrees with SPEA and Law;

Started a development office for Kelley Indianapolis, dramatically increased grant dollars, and was instrumental in securing the funding for both the Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence as well as the Indiana Venture Center.

Under his leadership the Women's MBA Alumni Advisory Board was created, one of the first MBA groups to focus on the issue of women in graduate business programs;

Increased the number of and quality of faculty;

Through his leadership enrollments in the undergraduate and graduate programs have continued to grow, including the recent addition of an MBA cohort in Carmel;

The business school building was remodeled, both classrooms and offices.

    To borrow a phrase from Thomas Friedman, theyre frightened that the flattening of the world economy will flatten us.

    It is true that traditional manufacturing jobs are fewer now than before. And, lots of things are made in China. But, globalization is not at fault, and the straightline analysis that predicts the hollowing out of American manufacturing is simply wrong. Other factors are at play. The story is more complicated and more hopeful.

Change is inevitable

    There are three truisms that ought to ground our understandingstrong forces that affect everything in the economy: demographics, productivity advances, and the march of technological progress.

    The law of comparative advantage that governs who should produce what has not been repealed.

    Globalization is a playing out of the law of comparative advantage under the strong influences of powerful economic forces and the constraints that resources impose on us. Moreover, globalization will only proceed if it makes the world richer. Knowing this, we can sketch out the broad outlines of how globalization can proceed, and how it wont.

    For example, China will not end up making everything. Chinas low labor costs provide an advantage, that much is sure. But, it does not have all the resources needed to produce all that we consume, and it has a comparative advantage for only certain goods. We have a comparative advantage for other goods. There will be a continual geographic re-alignment of manufacturing and service products as production is shifted here and there to make best use of countries comparative advantages.

    However, the United States will not cease to be a manufacturer. Indeed, the dollar value of our manufactured products continues to rise even as manufacturing jobs shrink. Here in Indiana, for example, even as manufacturing job growth slowed, output per worker has grown 51.8 percent since 1990. Lower-skill jobs are lost, but productivity grows, along with wages for the positions that remain.

    We are losing manufacturing jobs, but so is China. Productivity advances mean that fewer can do the work that many did before. It does not make anyone a dinosaur.

    That Indiana has held onto our manufacturing employment base simply means we retain some comparative advantage in manufacturing greater than many other places in the US. China will hold onto manufacturing jobs for a long time; its not a dinosaur either.

    As China gets richer, its wages will rise. They already are rising. It has already started to lose its comparative advantage. Companies, such as toy and apparel makers, have begun to search out lower-cost places in which to build factories. There is continual movement deeper into the woods, into Vietnam, for example. This jockeying for position will proceed in the future just as it has in the past.

    Even as the Far East produces more and more items, we will be hard-pressed to bring them all here. Our logistics systems represent a bottleneck. It is true that real transportation costs have become lower over the decades, but there are constraints to what we can ship or fly into the U.S.

Little to fear

    Economic forces are powerful. We cannot wall ourselves off with lots of social protections and rigidities. Capitalism will bowl us over eventually, and we will be forced to play catch-up. China built its Great Wall and let the Industrial Revolution pass it byand has taken centuries to recover. Over the last few decades, Western Europe has been tempted down a similar path. Germany sputtered, but after years of stagnant wages, it is pressing ahead again. Italy has avoided modernity for years, and it will soon suffer the consequences. We dont want to follow the Europeans.

    Globalization is nothing to fear. It will press us hard, and individuals will suffer. But if our response is investmenteducation, entrepreneurship, technologyand not avoidance and protectionism, we will do just fine.

The IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis prides itself on preparing graduates to succeed in professional pursuits and make a positive impact on our community.  This philosophy is borne out by two Kelley Indianapolis graduates who earned positions in the Indianapolis Business Journals 40 Under 40 list.  The 40 Under 40 spotlights up-and-coming business and civic leaders in Greater Indianapolis.

Tasha Phelps, who earned her BS in Marketing Distribution from Kelley Indianapolis in 1998, is a successful entrepreneur, civic leader and mother.  After working in a technology position at IUPUI and as a marketing and technology consultant at Kaufman Global (a Carmel-based business consultancy), Phelps took the plunge in devoting full-time attention to her own firm, Phelco Technologies, in 2000.  Started in 1997 as a freelance web design practice, Phelps saw the opportunity to expand Phelco into a larger enterprise advising businesses and non-profits on their technology needs.  Today, the business is thriving.

Phelps is also active with a number of non-profit organizations, including the National Association of Women Business Owners, the Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation, the American Marketing Association and the board of Oaklandon Elementary School.

John Schaefer, BS 2006, puts his Kelley education to work in the public sector, as Director of Operations for the Office of the Indiana Secretary of State.  Schaefer has successfully applied business principles to government; for example, replacing many paper-based processes with electronic ones to cut costs while improving efficiency.

Schaefer continues to be a presence on the IUPUI campus, teaching political science as an adjunct faculty and recruiting interns for the Secretary of States Office.  He is also active in philanthropic endeavors, founding a group called Inspire Indiana to encourage disadvantaged youth to attend college.  He also organized the first WRTV-6 Fan Jam last year, an initiative that provided prizes like concert tickets and free pizza to anyone donating a fan to help needy Hoosiers get through the summer heat.

Roger Schmenner, Associate Dean of Indianapolis Programs for the Kelley School, believes that Phelps and Schaefer embody the kind of well-rounded students that Kelley Indianapolis helps to create.

Were very proud of Tasha and John, and wish them continued success in their professional and personal endeavors, Schmenner said.  They serve as great examples for Kelley Indianapolis and how we strive to prepare our students to succeed after earning their degrees.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States.  Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

In todays economy, businesses are asking more and more of their employees especially small to mid-sized firms.  To compete, employees must be prepared to wear many hats, understanding their companys priorities and how their actions impact the bottom line.  The Business Foundations Certificate gives workers the ability to upgrade their business skills to succeed in their current jobs or seek new career opportunities.

Courses in the topics listed above give the student practical knowledge of each discipline, allowing them to understand, communicate, and get things done in the language of business.  The Certificate is a focused, 21 credit hour program delivered via the Internet, with streaming video of lectures and online testing, to accommodate the schedules of working professionals.

The Business Foundations Certificate meets the needs of any number of potential students, says Roger Schmenner, Kelleys Associate Dean of Indianapolis Programs.  A worker with a specialized vocational skill, or perhaps a liberal arts background, who finds that they need more business knowledge to diversify their career options.  Someone looking to move into a new position at their current company, or expand their responsibilitiesthis program will fill a critical void for many.

Todd Roberson, Kelley Indianapolis Lecturer of Finance and Business Foundations Coordinator, says, After taking my Foundations of Finance course, a student will not be an expert in business finance, but they will have the essential knowledge to understand and work with people that are experts.  They will also be able to make wise decisions about day-to-day utilization of financial resources.

According to Schmenner, the Business Foundations Certificate also dovetails with the Kelley Indianapolis Main Street initiative, a recently-announced effort to support the regions small to mid-sized businesses.

The most precious resource businesses have today is their employees, says Schmenner.  Smaller firms may not have the resources of their larger counterparts when it comes to professional development and in-house training programs, but options like the Business Foundations Certificate offer a way to help their employees maximize their potential and add new skills.

For more information, visit www.kelley.iupui.edu/mainstreet and click on Business Foundations Certificate on the left-hand menu.  For companies with 100 or fewer employees, costs of enrolling workers in the Business Foundations Certificate may be eligible for a Training Acceleration Grant (TAG) from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.  The TAG program provides grants to small businesses seeking to address skill gaps and increase the standard of living for Hoosier workers; more information is available at http://www.in.gov/dwd/employers/tag.html.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of 3,716 undergraduate and over 1000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States.  Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

Sunday, May 13, 2007
100 S. Capitol Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46225

Graduate Ceremony
Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome
Wabash Room
Ceremony begins at 10am
Need to check in no later than 9:30
Speaker: Keith Faller, Geographical CEO/Geographical President/Executive VP, WellPoint Incorporated

Undergraduate Ceremony
Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome
Sagamore Ballrooms 4-7
Ceremony begins at 12:30
Need to check in no later than noon
Speaker: Lisa Laughner,  VP Advanced Manufacturing/Distribution Transportation and Logistics Initiative, CICP
Mandatory Pre-Commencement Meeting Friday, May 11, 2007, 4-5pm in BS2000

For More information go to:
http://alumni.iupui.edu/commencement/2007/info.html

We'll address business taxes and answer your burning questions to assist you in your 2007 filing efforts. Taxes: Gaps and Traps will help attendees understand the implications of uncollected taxes, or the "Tax Gap," and learn about the products and services the Internal Revenue Service has specifically designed to help small business owners comply with their filing and paying responsibilities.

Speakers include:
Dean Crawford, IRS
Jeffrey B. Sturgis, CPA, CFP, Forum Private Client Group
Robert Jamison, IUPUI Kelley School of Business, Professor of Accounting
 
Main Street is a year-round series of seminars and other tools to provide you with the latest in business education. These workshops and educational programming includes topics such as sales and marketing, customer relations and managing growth.  Click here for details on this workshop.

Considering such statistics, it's small wonder that flextime, telecommuting and part-time employment are popular employee enticements. But, are these attractive benefits also drawbacks for corporate warriors who choose to utilize them? Often, they are.

Scholars who studied performance evaluations of subordinates at large public accounting firms found that flextime policies didn't necessarily enjoy management acceptance. Employees who worked part-time or flextime hours were less likely to get plum assignments going forward, and their career prospects took a hit. Of the two arrangements, employees working part-time hours were more harshly judged than those working under flextime. What's more, the negative impact of part-time and flextime work schedules packed more wallop against men than women.

These were the findings of Philip Reckers, an accountancy professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business, who worked with Eric N. Johnson from Indiana University and D. Jordan Lowe of Arizona State in conducting recent research. Together, the team documented how risky alternative work arrangements -- or AWAs -- might be for an ambitious worker.

Rush hours

Anyone who's ever talked to a certified public accountant between January 1 and April 15 knows that for many CPAs, the demands of "busy season" trump family time. "Public accounting is a job where, historically, it's not unusual to work 60 or 70 hours a week," Reckers says. "That kind of work environment puts tremendous stress on people's lives, particularly when both spouses are working."

In their recently published paper, Reckers and his colleagues reference a 2006 survey conducted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. According to that study, 70 percent of men who left public accounting cited work-life balance as the deciding factor in their decision to leave, the survey found.

A daunting number of hours may be the norm at accounting firms, but work-life balance issues are gaining importance in employee retention all over the business world. When the Association of Executive Search Consultants queried 1,300 executives in May 2006, 87 percent of survey respondents felt that work-life balance issues were a critical component of career decisions.

More recently, Spherion Corporation, a staffing firm, tapped research giant Harris Interactive in December 2006 to explore contributing factors in voluntary quits. Investigators found that, overall, 21 percent of U.S. workers made a voluntary job change in the past year. Approximately 39 percent of workers in the 18 to 29 age group jumped ship. Nearly a quarter of those who walked -- 23 percent -- cited "time and flexibility" as their main reason for leaving.

Reckers and other business watchers will tell you that today's recent college graduates value work-life balance far more than the generations that came before them.

And, who can blame them? Compared to Europeans, for instance, Americans are workaholics. When activists first organized "Take Back Your Time Day" in 2002 to protest overwork, they chose October 24 as the annual event date because that's the day when most western Europeans could quit working for the year if they'd already put in as many hours as their U.S. peers.

Not surprisingly, Big Four accounting firms are meeting these trends and concerns by offering flextime and other options to their beleaguered workers. The firms proudly advertise such programs heavily.

"You hear what the firms say publicly about work-life balance, and then you hear what your former students say about their actual jobs," Reckers notes. Hype and reality simply don't jibe, he says. "Even partners, after a beer or two, would admit that work-life balance programs are largely window dressing."

Revealing review

Reckers and his colleagues conducted their investigation among managers at two Big Four firms and two second tier firms. For the study, they solicited managers' views on AWAs, as well as simulated appraisals of hypothetical employees.

Some of the fictional employees being evaluated were men, while some were women. In some cases, the employee worked reduced hours. In others, the employee enjoyed a flexible schedule.

The team also examined whether the reason behind the worker's decision to adopt an AWA made a difference. That is, some hypothetical workers took AWA jobs to accommodate child-care issues, and others did so to pursue further education.

Thinking it might be hard to get honest viewpoints from audit managers with direct questions, the researchers took an indirect approach. "If you ask people how they'd evaluate a subordinate in a formal review, they often don't tell you the truth because they recognize that a performance evaluation may be politically loaded," Reckers says. According to him, negative marks on formal appraisals can be a hassle, as unhappy workers may complain or contest such assessments.

But, there are other ways to determine if a manager views an employee favorably, and one is related to the structure of public accounting work itself. "In public accounting, you go from one engagement to another," Reckers explains. Generally, workers form teams to tackle specific assignments, and workload coordinators will ask managers which employees they'd like on their teams for upcoming projects.

To simulate that process, the researchers asked managers if they'd pursue the employee being evaluated for future jobs. In essence, they asked, "Would you work with this employee again?"

"That's a revealing question," Reckers says. If managers like an employee, they'll keep that person in their work groups, he explains. "If someone is on flextime and viewed as not carrying their load, they don't want him."

Results indicate that audit managers were, indeed, thinking along those lines. In particular, when managers voiced less than favorable views of AWAs, part-time and flextime employees earned lower scores on their desirability as teammates.

In addition, the researchers asked managers to assess the likelihood that AWA workers would be assigned to "less challenging work in the future." Assuming that star employees get the high-visibility projects, this question aimed to measure potential career success.

As it turns out, full-time female workers were viewed as having less promising career prospects than their male counterparts overall. But, once they opt for flextime or reduced hours, it was the guys who really got clobbered.

"Managers may tolerate flextime or part-time work with a woman -- maybe," Reckers says. He figures this is because someone higher up on the corporate ladder or a human resources type has talked to the managers "long and hard" about discrimination and related issues. "But if you're a man and you take flextime, the perception is that there's something really wrong with you," Reckers adds.

Time bombs

According to Reckers, several factors contribute to the negative career outcomes AWA workers seem to have at the large public accounting firms. For one thing, the tradition of "heavy leverage" plays a part, he says. He's referring to the structure of accounting-firm partnership, where workers at the bottom "work a lot of hours so that the guys at the top can make more money."

With that tradition, corporate culture values the good corporate citizen, "who should never ask, 'When do I get to go home?'" Rather, Reckers notes, good corporate citizens work "long hours, evenings, Saturdays, Sundays if needed, and they never, ever complain."

In such a workaholic culture, flextime and part-time arrangements can have what Reckers calls "unintended consequences." One is resentment among the employees left to pick up the slack when Joe goes home early to coach his daughter's Little League team.

Plus, there's the inconvenience management faces when making sure there are enough workers to get jobs done. As Reckers points out, demands of today's workloads may keep even tolerant managers from comfortably honoring a part-timer's schedule.

There are historic pressures operating, too. "A lot of public-accounting partners are in their 50s and 60s," Reckers reminds us. "They grew up in a different era and, to a degree, they figure workers should be willing to toil 60 hours a week because that's what they had to do 20 years ago."

For these and other reasons, Reckers says that employees who aren't willing to work grueling hours are viewed as less loyal and committed. "That's an incorrect interpretation today," he adds. An employee's willingness to work such hours has more to do with societal changes than corporate loyalty. In these days of dual-income families, no one is managing the home front full-time, and all employees are likely to value personal time more highly. They need it to keep up with simple life-maintenance chores.

Reckers and his team believe that such realities -- combined with their study results -- spell possible trouble ahead for firms trying to attract and retain skilled professionals.

According to the scholars, their findings underscore the need for members of the U.S. public-accounting profession to pursue fundamental cultural change. The rhetoric of work-life balance must match up with a new reality, the researchers write. It's time for "AWAs to be viewed as an acceptable career path for men and women seeking more balance between their work and non-work lives."

Bottom Line

• Work-life balance has become an important issue to attract and retain skilled employees.
• In public accounting, overwork is the norm, and 70 percent of those who exited the field cited work-life balance as their reason for leaving.
• Public accounting firms offer alternative work arrangements, such as flextime and part-time hours, to accommodate employees seeking work-life balance. Such programs are widely touted and ostensibly valued.
• Publicly, accounting firms push work-life balance programs, but taking advantage of such program can hurt an accountant's career.
• Research shows that those who work flextime and part-time hours are less likely to be picked for the best assignments and work their way up in the Big Four arena.

Have you been thinking about applying to the Kelley School of Business?
Do you know when you should apply to the Kelley School of Business?
Do you need assistance with your application?

Students are encouraged to meet with a Kelley Academic Advisor prior to applying.  Students are able to have their individual application questions answered on Thursday, February 15, 2007 from 2 5pm in BS 3024.

Undergraduate application deadline for fall 2007 is March 1, 2007.  Late applications will not be accepted.

The online application can be found at:  http://www.kelley.iupui.edu/apps/undergrad/ugrad_app.asp

At the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, Professor David Steele is helping reverse this trend, one classroom at a time.  For the last six years, Steele has organized a unique field trip for freshman undergraduate students in his Honors X105 course: These students travel to the heart of the U.S. financial capital, New York City, and learn firsthand the history and operations of the securities and public equity markets.

I saw a lack of understanding of the capital-raising process, which is really a fundamental concept, said Steele.  I starting thinking, Whats the best way to bring this to life? A trip to New York seemed like a great way to get students excited about our financial history and how the system works today.

In Steeles Fall 2006 course, 24 students traveled to New York, each spending just over $500 on airfare, lodging and meals.  The trips itinerary mixed a study of the current markets with a look into the past.

We visited Alexander Hamiltons grave and Federal Hall, the first U.S. seat of government; we toured the Museum of Financial History, and stood on the spot where the agreement to form the New York Stock Exchange was signed in 1782, said Krista Bontreger, one of the students on the trip.  Learning the history helped us understand why things are done the way they are today, and how our government and our financial markets developed together.

In delving into the modern New York Stock Exchange, students learned the ins and outs of the largest capital-raising market in the world.

We learned that exchanges like the NASDAQ are 100% electronic, while the New York Stock Exchange trades electronically and manually thats the trading floor thats usually seen on TV, said Stephen Reusser, another of Steeles students.  We talked to several traders and learned about the process, how they spend their days its very hectic.

Students also toured the offices of Merrill Lynch, exploring areas of the global brokerage that are typically closed to the public.  The class also heard from Merrill Lynch associates who had been evacuated from the firms headquarters on 9/11, when three employees lost their lives during the terrorist attacks.

Steeles class also broadened their horizons with a taste of New York culture, visiting historic neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Chinatown and SoHo. 

We were enlightened by the cultural diversity, and found that the New Yorkers we met were actually very nice and outgoing, said student Morgan McTargett.  We had a great time, and learned a lot.

Steele deemed the trip a success.

The student came back from New York with a much greater understanding of our capital-raising process and financial markets than they did when they left, and memories that will last a lifetime, he said.  Just as important, it helped them learn concepts that will appear again and again throughout the rest of their business education at Kelley.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of 3,716 undergraduate and over 1000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States.  Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
Wynne Courtroom
4:30 p.m. Reception
5:00 p.m. Presentation:
"Women as Leaders:  Where They Are and What They Do"

Click here for more information.

The IU Kelley School of Business has announced its intention to launch a Carmel satellite location for its Evening MBA program for working professionals, to better serve the booming northern suburbs of Greater Indianapolis. The satellite will allow 40-50 students who live and work in the area to take the first 24 credit hours of the 51 credit hour Kelley Evening MBA curriculum at a convenient Carmel location (the Carmel Community Life & Learning Center 515 East Main Street).

With the Carmel location, the Kelley School of Business responds to pressing population and economic trends in the northern suburbs of Indianapolis. Hamilton and Boone Counties are among the fastest-growing counties in Indiana in population, and both rank in the top ten in educational attainment (college graduates in the workforce) making them fertile ground for young professionals seeking graduate business education.

Weve seen continued growth in business activity in northern Marion County, and there are more than 50,000 non-farm companies operating in Hamilton and Boone Counties, said Roger Schmenner, Associate Dean of Kelleys Indianapolis programs. A growing economy has a need for executive and management talent and that creates the need for a top-notch business program like the Kelley Schools Evening MBA.

The Kelley School of Business ranks among the nations top twenty graduate business programs. Kelleys MBA degree can be earned as a full-time student in Bloomington, an online student via Kelley Direct, or a part-time evening student in Indianapolis at IUPUI. In 2006, the Evening MBA program saw a 50% increase in student applications.

Demand for the Kelley MBA is strong, and we are committed to making it more convenient for working professionals in Carmel to benefit from this world class program, said Daniel Smith, Dean of the Kelley School. With more and more young professionals living and working in the northern suburbs, we want to create an option that meets their needs while maintaining Kelleys reputation for academic excellence.

Classes will begin at the Carmel Community Life & Learning Center in August 2007.As currently planned, students will take 24 hours of the 51 hour Evening MBA program at the Carmel location and finish remaining courses on the IUPUI campus.

Prospective students can learn more at http://kelley.iupui.edu/evemba/carmel.

The IU Kelley School of Business has been a leader in American business education for more than 80 years. With an enrollment of more than 4,800 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students, it is among the premier business schools in the country, with both the undergraduate and graduate programs ranked among the best in the United States. Kelleys Indianapolis campus, based at IUPUI, is home to the schools Evening MBA and Master of Professional Accountancy programs and a full-time undergraduate program.

"Most small businesses give little -- if any -- attention to cybersecurity threats," said Roger Cochetti, group director for U.S. public policy for the Computing Technology Industry Association.

Cochetti said small businesses are more susceptible to attacks by hackers, criminals and terrorists than major corporations, which have more money and staff dedicated to information security.

"If you're a bad guy and you're looking for an easy target, you're going to look toward a small business," he said. "You'll be able to get in and get out fast. Many small businesses don't know they've been attacked until long after it's happened."

The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is launching a program to help local entrepreneurs avoid this fate by providing free cybersecurity consulting.

The university will match graduate and undergraduate students pursuing accounting and computer information systems degrees with businesses to review information security plans or help draft plans.

Students will offer advice about acceptable Internet use, anti-virus policies, database security, e-mail use, server security and more.

"This project will give the students some practical, hands-on experience," said Kelley professor Eric Johnson, who is leading the project. "The idea is to provide a learning experience for the student and a valuable take-away for the company."

Johnson is looking for 10 companies to participate in the project, which runs from mid-January through April. Interested companies or nonprofit organizations should contact him at erijohns@iu.edu or (317) 274-5695.

"This will not cost the companies anything," Johnson said. "Their deliverable is an IT security report. They need to understand that it is drafted by a student. It is offered as a volunteer, high-level executive- summary-type review. Some organizations don't even know what their information security problems are. The students will give them a punch list to get started."

The project is part of a broader effort by IU's Kelley School to partner with local small businesses. Dubbed the Main Street Institute, the effort involves Kelley School professors providing educational seminars and workshops through the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.

"The majority of our students . . . stay in this area," said Mary Chappell, director of external affairs for the Kelley School at IUPUI. "We hope we are providing even more job opportunities. That's the piece we feel is really important in involving the students in this information security initiative."

The first company to sign up for the program is Lauth Property Group, an Indianapolis-based commercial real estate developer.
"We were in the process of investigating firms to come in and do our annual security audit anyway, and we thought this would be a good way to get involved with Kelley," said Jeffrey Ton, vice president of enterprise processes, information and technology at Lauth.

"We'll get our information security policies reviewed, renewed and get the current best practices applied. We'll get a lot of benefit out of it," Ton said.

Lauth has 18 people on its information technology staff, and they support a network connecting 450 personal computers at offices and construction sites around the country. Ton said he hopes to build a relationship with the Kelley School.

"We want to talk to Kelley about getting interns or entry-level students in the information technology department," Ton said.

Most small businesses need to improve data security, experts say.

Half of the nation's small businesses do not have written cybersecurity policies and have no plans to provide information security training to computer users, according to a March 2006 survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association.

By failing to enforce information security policies, companies leave themselves open to lawsuits.

"There's a growing body of law . . . that creates liability on a small business whose data is breached because the small business wasn't paying attention," Cochetti said. "There are increasingly compelling reasons for small businesses to pay attention to cybersecurity."

Teams will meet with managers to develop an overall project scope and timetable, and then consult with IT staff. All students will be required to sign a nondisclosure agreement to ensure confidentiality.

Interested firms should contact Professor Eric Johnson at erijohns@iu.edu or 274-5695.

While information technology has vastly improved productivity and efficiency in the business world, it also has created new issues and potential crises. While larger corporations have the resources to address such concerns in a comprehensive way, smaller companies often take a more ad hoc approach to information security issues-or worse, no approach at all.

Small-business owners should take the time-and spend the money, when necessary-to protect their companies from common information-security threats. The investment is well worth it when you consider the potential consequences in lost productivity, lost customers and legal liability.

Some of the more basic areas that should be explored include:

Acceptable-use policy: Today, employees view personal Web surfing and e-mail just like making a local call over company phone lines. As a result, the potential for abuse is significant. A clearly understood use policy helps set expectations and curb inappropriate personal use.

Anti-virus policy: Similarly, common-sense guidelines on avoiding viruses (not opening e-mail attachments before scanning, avoiding e-mails from unfamiliar addresses, etc.) can go a long way toward defusing this threat.

Information sensitivity policy:

Employees also must be informed of issues like what kind of information should and shouldn't be communicated via e-mail, how client confidentiality agreements pertain to e-communications and how sensitive information should be stored on the company's electronic networks.

Password protection policy:

Employees should be required to change their network passwords periodically (every 90 days has become a typical practice), using random combinations of letters, numbers and symbols to foil wouldbe hackers.

Wireless communication policy:

Finally, wireless network access has provided employees even greater freedom to work outside of their offices and from the road. But special security concerns exist, especially for employees connected to your company's internal network on an unsecured mobile device. Employees should be trained on how to use wireless security programs.

These are just a few of the many information security concerns that must be addressed as part of a comprehensive approach. Other issues, including extranet and firewall protections, remote access policies, server security, etc., should be explored and discussed with the company's IT consultants.

In any case, small companies shouldn't neglect their information security needs. Just like a security system can protect your physical assets, sound policies and informed employees can help protect your critical information.

In today's world, such an approach isn't just a wise precaution-it's an essential business practice.

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They found that this expanse of the Mojave Desert was not an easy path to the gold strike the rocky terrain, one of the hottest places on earth, was enough to prevent even the hardiest pioneers from reaching their destination.

Today, students of the entrepreneurial lifecycle are using the term Death Valley to describe a particularly rough spot in the business creation and growth process. Specifically, its the point early on, when a new technology or scientific breakthrough has been validated and the business concept is in formation and the time comes to begin soliciting early-stage venture funding and recruiting management talent for the new enterprise.

This is the moment when the best idea or breakthrough technological innovation can stall on the way to the marketplace, for lack of external support or resources. It is intuitively appealing to think that good ideas and promising ventures will attract funding from some sourceeven the coasts. Unfortunately, in the entrepreneurial world, this is often not the case. The seed funding needed to get a venture off the ground is a scarce and local resource. Angel investors, who provide key early stage funding for the fledgling venture, seldom invest outside a 60 mile radius (close enough for a day drive).

It is equally difficult to attract experienced leadership to run a new venture from afar. This might happen when the venture has proven its merit and secured later stage financing, but seldom occurs in the founding stage. Hence Death Valley for even the most promising ventureno matter how good the idea, the lack of seed capital and management leave a virtual graveyard of great ideas strewn about the economic landscape.

This is especially true of innovations from a university or other non-profit institution often these researchers dont have deep private sector connections or experience, and find it difficult or nearly impossible to navigate the commercialization process. We have a wealth of university intellectual property from world-class institutions statewidebut a dismal record for developing successful gazelle ventures from these ideas.

Here in Indiana, those interested in commercializing their research or launching a new businesses often find themselves on the dead-end road into this metaphorical Valley. Our economy has traditionally been focused on larger enterprises (often in manufacturing), and therefore weve never had a strong entrepreneurial culture. In turn, weve not been a haven for venture capital investment especially the early stage and angel funding that helps start-ups in their infancy. This is the riskiest, and therefore scarcest, financing. We also lack a wealth of experienced venture leaders and serial entrepreneurs.

How do we change our fate? Ironically, we can also look west for the apotheosis of Death Valley a community that has built an entrepreneurial culture and turned barren desert into fertile soil: San Diego.

In the 1980s, business and government leaders in San Diego grew concerned with the areas economic over-dependence on the defense industry (akin to our reliance on the automotive component sector). They looked to the University of California San Diego as a major community asset, and worked with university leaders to create the San Diego CONNECT program.

With the University at its center, CONNECT is a partnership of business and government leaders, professional service providers, investors and others. Together, they provide a safety net of support services, expert counselors, and access to potential investors for the areas entrepreneurs.

CONNECT gives San Diegos innovators and entrepreneurs a simple destination for the resources they need, as well as networking opportunities to make contacts, share frustrations and explore strategic alliances. More than that, the civic energy behind CONNECT has sent the message that entrepreneurship is a behavior worthy of support, that risk-taking should be rewarded. Its a message that sometimes doesnt get through in Indianas more conservative, risk-averse business culture.

Since its inception, CONNECT has directly helped 800 technology companies and touched hundreds more. Over the same period, San Diego has built a reputation as an entrepreneurial hotbed and magnet for venture investment.

Can Indiana look towards San Diego and CONNECT as a roadmap out of our own Death Valley? Fortunately, it appears that weve already started to do so:

The Indiana Venture Center is providing advice and support services to entrepreneurs, and has launched an affiliated seed fund to invest early stage money in promising home-grown ventures.

The BioCrossroads initiative is acting as a CONNECT-type organization for the states life sciences start-ups, and has raised nearly $80 million in early-stage and seed venture capital to jump-start the investment market.

The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership helps develop and direct resources for a variety of economic development initiatives. Techpoint, the states information technology association, is providing some networking services and related support to young tech companies.

The Venture Club of Indiana is one of the largest and most successful of its kind that helps founders connect with key stakeholders in the venture community.

And recently, the State of Indiana announced an Alternative Investments Fund through its Public Employees Retirement Fund that will provide more capital for promising start-ups.

While all of this activity would need to be better organized to present the one stop shop of the CONNECT model, it does indicate momentum behind Indianas drive towards a more innovation-driven economy. Resources are available for Indiana entrepreneurs. And most importantly, the attention given to these issues represents the beginning of a mindset shift towards entrepreneurship as a valued activity.

It shows that while Indianas entrepreneurial Death Valley is still a daunting place, there are pioneers willing to brave it and a trail is being blazed for others to follow, on the way to a more diverse, prosperous economy for our state. The spirit of cooperation that exists between the public and private sector is leading to the creation of water stops on the path through Death Valleyso venture forth!

Todd Saxton is a Professor of Management at the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis. His teaching and research focus on strategic management, corporate reputation and entrepreneurship.

The partnership, which begins Nov. 3, aims to help firms thrive and keep the school's curriculum relevant. The initiative expands on other, less formal programs that expose students and teachers to real-life business challenges.

Business schools nationwide are forging such relationships so they can serve companies better and provide students with experience outside the classroom. It's part of their mission, observers said.

"That's the whole reason we have business schools," said Steve Parscale, director of accreditation at the Kansas-based Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. "The primary objective of the business schools is to foster and grow the economy."

Kelley's partnership with the Chamber will target small and midsize businesses through what's being called the Main Street Institute. About 20 Kelley faculty members will teach monthly workshops in areas such as sales and marketing.

With about 70 percent of the job growth coming from such businesses, Chamber President Roland Dorson said it is important to provide affordable, easy access to educational opportunities.

Companies with fewer than 50 employees make up 80 percent of the chamber's nearly 4,000 members, he said. Statewide, small businesses employed nearly 50 percent of the non-farm, private-sector work force, according to a report released this month by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

"We're in Indy and Indy's future is going to be attached with small and medium-sized businesses that start to become big businesses," said Roger Schmenner, associate dean of Indianapolis programs.

Kelley also will pair students with businesses as part of the Main Street initiative. What the students will be doing hasn't been completely developed, said Mary Chappell, the school's director of external affairs.

After conducting market research, Kelley learned half of its Indianapolis MBA students come from small to midsize companies. The school wanted to find a way to reach those students and companies, so Chappell began searching for an organization Kelley could work with.

At the same time, the Chamber was refocusing its efforts on small-business education. Dorson said the sheer number of training programs available can be confusing for business owners, so the partnership seemed natural.

Universities have made a habit of creating more economic-development programs in the past five years, said Robert Velasquez, president of the University Economic Development Association.

As institutions strive to be involved with economic development, they also are developing a way for students to get a more hands-on education, said Arthur Kraft, chairman of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

"Business education in general is dynamic and creative, and it strives to find areas that can enhance its value-added proposition for its students," he said.

Since the early '90s when magazines and newspapers started ranking business schools, institutions have been developing programs that are focused on students' experience outside the classroom, Kraft said.

"That gives good practice training to the student," he said of the Main Street initiative. "It's much like a science major working in a lab. In this case, the laboratory is the city at large."

Kelley and other local business programs already encourage students to get hands-on experience helping area businesses. However, the Main Street initiative will be larger and more formal, Schmenner said.

With more than 85 percent of the university's alumni staying in central Indiana, Chappell said it makes sense to target area businesses.

"If we help the business grow in Indianapolis, that helps the support for the school grow," Chappell said.

Successful service encounters, where these "moments of truth" flourish, require careful attention to three concepts: the service task, service standards and the service process.

Service task

This identifies what the customer truly values about the service and why it's preferred over a competitor's. It is a statement that conveys the essence of what the service provides the customer, and thus provides both management and the work force with a goal. For example, FedEx customers value that company's time-definite delivery of packages and the information FedEx provides about what has happened to them all along the way.

Specificity and clarity are critical in defining your service task. Many companies are too wishy-washy, and end up lacking a clear service mission that can be understood by employees and customers. Great service companies are perfectly clear about why customers come to them vs. the competition.

Rules of thumb: If you can define your service task in 50 words or less, you can make money. If you can define it in 20 words or less, you can make a lot of money.

Service standards

Once you define your service task, you have to set the standards that will measure whether you're delivering on your promise. One should be able to go down a checklist of standards or audit the service to determine how well it is being delivered and how satisfied customers are. These standards are frequently related to time and to quality: How fast was the service delivered, and how well was it received by the customer?

Service process

This specifies how the service is produced, including how it is controlled for quality, cost and customer satisfaction. A well-defined process means more efficiency for the company, maximizing its opportunity to realize profits.

Improving service operations often means making some tough decisions. There's always the temptation to try to be all things to all people, or to believe that you know what your customers need without feedback or market analysis. The best service operations are clear about their service tasks, knowing that achieving them can be difficult. For small businesses especially, paying attention to service can make all the difference.

Schmenner is associate dean of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business Indianapolis and the Buskirk Professor of Manufacturing Management there.

Successful service encounters, where these "moments of truth" flourish, require careful attention to three concepts: the service task, service standards and the service process.

Service task

This identifies what the customer truly values about the service and why it's preferred over a competitor's. It is a statement that conveys the essence of what the service provides the customer, and thus provides both management and the work force with a goal. For example, FedEx customers value that company's time-definite delivery of packages and the information FedEx provides about what has happened to them all along the way.

Specificity and clarity are critical in defining your service task. Many companies are too wishy-washy, and end up lacking a clear service mission that can be understood by employees and customers. Great service companies are perfectly clear about why customers come to them vs. the competition.

Rules of thumb: If you can define your service task in 50 words or less, you can make money. If you can define it in 20 words or less, you can make a lot of money.

Service standards

Once you define your service task, you have to set the standards that will measure whether you're delivering on your promise. One should be able to go down a checklist of standards or audit the service to determine how well it is being delivered and how satisfied customers are. These standards are frequently related to time and to quality: How fast was the service delivered, and how well was it received by the customer?

Service process

This specifies how the service is produced, including how it is controlled for quality, cost and customer satisfaction. A well-defined process means more efficiency for the company, maximizing its opportunity to realize profits.

Improving service operations often means making some tough decisions. There's always the temptation to try to be all things to all people, or to believe that you know what your customers need without feedback or market analysis. The best service operations are clear about their service tasks, knowing that achieving them can be difficult. For small businesses especially, paying attention to service can make all th